Snelson-Golden Middle enrolls 113 Hispanic students for 2024-25 term

Snelson-Golden Middle School reported an enrollment of 113 Hispanic students in the 2024-25 school year, unchanged from the prior year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Records indicated a total enrollment of 872 students at Snelson-Golden Middle School for the 2024-25 year. Hispanic students represented 13% of the population, ranking as the school’s second-largest demographic group.

The school belongs to the Liberty County School District, whose central office is located in Hinesville.

Bradwell Institute had the largest Hispanic student enrollment among Liberty County School District’s 12 schools, with 298 students in 2024-25.

The National Center for Education Statistics reported that public school students in Georgia were approximately 36.4% Black, 35.9% white, 18.1% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4.6% multiracial, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.

Chronic absenteeism continues to challenge Georgia schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing at least 10% of school days in 2024, according to the Georgia Department of Education. GaDOE responded with a statewide initiative, introducing a real-time attendance dashboard, launching a public awareness campaign, and providing targeted resources to districts with high needs to improve attendance rates.

In 2025, the Georgia legislature updated school attendance laws, prohibiting expulsion solely for absenteeism. The new law also established additional reporting rules and coordinated with programs designed to support alternative pathways to a diploma for students.

Georgia’s student-to-teacher ratio reached about 14:1 by 2026, outperforming the national average of 15:1 as reported by Public School Review.