Coastal GA News

There were five Native American students enrolled in Liberty County school in the 2022-23 school year, 100% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Liberty County welcomed 10,052 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Native American students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Liberty County, Lyman Hall Elementary School was the only school enrolling Native American students in the 2022-23 school year.

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 Native American Students	Total Native American Students	Total enrollment
Lyman Hall Elementary School	1%	5	599
Bradwell Institute	0%	0	1,690
Liberty County High School	0%	0	1,049
Snelson-Golden Middle School	0%	0	896
Waldo Pafford Elementary School	0%	0	854
Lewis Frasier Middle School	0%	0	778
Joseph Martin Elementary School	0%	0	761
Liberty Elementary School	0%	0	748
Frank Long Elementary School	0%	0	732
Midway Middle School	0%	0	709
Taylors Creek Elementary School	0%	0	635
Button Gwinnett Elementary School	0%	0	601