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There were 665 multiracial students enrolled in Rockdale County school in the 2022-23 school year, 7.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Rockdale County welcomed 15,198 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4.4% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Rockdale County, Heritage High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 72 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
Lorraine Elementary School	9%	51	568
Barksdale Elementary School	9%	41	461
Hicks Elementary School	7%	63	908
Honey Creek Elementary School	7%	31	450
Shoal Creek Elementary School	6%	38	637
Sims Elementary School	6%	27	455
General Ray Davis Middle School	5%	48	967
Flat Shoals Elementary School	5%	29	585
Heritage High School	4%	72	1,817
Memorial Middle School	4%	31	781
Pine Street Elementary School	4%	24	601
Peek's Chapel Elementary	4%	20	500
Hightower Trail Elementary School	4%	19	489
Rockdale County High School	3%	70	2,346
Salem High School	3%	32	1,090
Conyers Middle School	3%	30	1,021
Edwards Middle School	3%	28	938
House Elementary School	2%	11	584