Coastal GA News

There were 1,869 Black students enrolled in Camden County school in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Camden County welcomed 9,172 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 20.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Camden County, Camden County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 567 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 Black Students	Total Black Students	Total enrollment
Mamie Lou Gross Elementary School	27%	111	413
Camden Middle School	25%	282	1,130
Camden County High School	22%	567	2,580
Saint Marys Middle School	21%	217	1,035
Woodbine Elementary School	21%	67	322
David L Rainer Elementary School	20%	98	492
Saint Marys Elementary School	18%	100	560
Mary Lee Clark Elementary School	18%	76	427
Sugarmill Elementary	17%	108	640
Crooked River Elementary School	17%	101	596
Matilda Harris Elementary School	16%	102	641
Kingsland Elementary School	12%	40	336