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There were 1,759 Hispanic students enrolled in Richmond County school in the 2022-23 school year, 2.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Richmond County welcomed 28,746 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 6.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 54 schools in Richmond County, Freedom Park Elementary recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 116 students.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia's public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.

The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.

School name	% of Hispanic Students	Total Hispanic Students	Total enrollment
Bayvale Elementary School	22%	69	317
Freedom Park Elementary	20%	116	580
Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta	16%	0	0
Glenn Hills Elementary School	13%	43	336
Murphey Middle School	12%	76	635
Blythe Elementary School	10%	28	284
Belair K-8 School	9%	90	1,004
Josey High School	9%	65	725
Johnson Magnet	9%	55	615
Barton Chapel Elementary School	9%	33	373
Terrace Manor Elementary School	9%	21	242
Warren Road Elementary School	8%	43	545
Copeland Elementary School	8%	27	343
Garrett Elementary School	8%	26	328
Glenn Hills High School	7%	62	886
Glenn Hills Middle School	7%	54	784
Tutt Middle School	7%	32	464
Diamond Lakes Elementary School	7%	30	433
Academy of Richmond County High School	6%	66	1,104
Hephzibah High School	6%	64	1,068
Westside High School	6%	57	959
Walker Traditional Elementary School	6%	34	573
Sue Reynolds Elementary School	6%	33	566
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School	6%	27	466
Dorothy Hains Elementary School	6%	24	408
McBean Elementary School	6%	19	324
Cross Creek High School	5%	54	1,098
Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics	5%	46	936
Langford Middle School	5%	35	708
Davidson Magnet School	5%	35	706
Spirit Creek Middle School	5%	27	540
Hephzibah Middle School	5%	26	535
Deer Chase Elementary School	5%	25	516
Wheeless Road Elementary School	5%	25	503
Lake Forest Hills Elementary School	5%	23	468
Hephzibah Elementary School	5%	16	332
Willis Foreman Elementary School	5%	15	306
Richmond Hill K-8	4%	45	1,147
Pine Hill Middle School	4%	22	559
Gracewood Elementary School	4%	18	462
Wilkinson Gardens Elementary School	4%	16	402
Goshen Elementary School	4%	15	384
Monte Sano Elementary School	4%	15	379
Jamestown Elementary School	4%	13	348
Merry Elementary School	4%	13	339
Butler High School	3%	24	828
Tobacco Road Elementary School	3%	11	397
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School	3%	8	270
Augusta Youth Development Campus	3%	0	12
Laney High School	2%	13	673
Meadowbrook Elementary School	2%	9	451
W.S. Hornsby Middle School	2%	7	392
Jenkins-White Elementary School	2%	6	337
W.S. Hornsby Elementary School	1%	3	356