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There were 829 multiracial students enrolled in Newton County school in the 2022-23 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Newton County welcomed 17,986 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4.6% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Newton County, Alcovy High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 98 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 Multiracial Students	Total Multiracial Students	Total enrollment
Livingston Elementary School	8%	31	389
Oak Hill Elementary School	7%	41	590
Newton County Theme School at Ficquett	6%	55	921
Flint Hill Elementary	6%	49	820
Cousins Middle School	6%	37	631
Rocky Plains Elementary School	6%	33	560
Middle Ridge Elementary School	6%	31	529
Alcovy High School	5%	98	1,967
Liberty Middle School	5%	46	937
Indian Creek Middle School	5%	40	812
South Salem Elementary School	5%	39	792
Veterans Memorial Middle School	5%	31	635
West Newton Elementary School	5%	30	601
Fairview Elementary	5%	26	533
Porterdale Elementary School	5%	17	355
Live Oak Elementary	4%	33	830
East Newton Elementary School	4%	20	515
Heard-Mixon Elementary School	4%	16	402
Mansfield Elementary School	4%	14	360
Newton High School	3%	73	2,449
Eastside High School	3%	47	1,598
Clements Middle School	3%	22	760