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There were 3,334 students enrolled in Butts County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Girls made up 50.3% of the county's student body, while the other 49.7% were boys.

Data also showed that white students made up 55.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Butts County schools, followed by African American students with 31.7%, 6.1% multiracial students, 5.3% Hispanic students and 0.5% Asian students.

Jackson High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Butts County's five schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,018 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Jackson High School	1,032	1,018	-1.4%
Henderson Middle School	788	752	-4.6%
Stark Elementary School	547	584	6.8%
Jackson Elementary School	492	501	1.8%
Hampton L. Daughtry Elementary School	472	479	1.5%