West Atlanta News

There were four Native American students enrolled in Paulding 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 Paulding County welcomed 31,332 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 33 schools in Paulding County, Dallas 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
Dallas Elementary School	1%	4	493
North Paulding High School	0%	0	2,957
Paulding County High School	0%	0	1,957
East Paulding High School	0%	0	1,891
South Paulding High School	0%	0	1,887
Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School	0%	0	1,527
Hiram High School	0%	0	1,429
Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at Crossroad	0%	0	1,421
WC Abney Elementary	0%	0	1,299
Burnt Hickory Elementary School	0%	0	1,049
Roland W. Russom Elementary	0%	0	949
Lena Mae Moses Middle School	0%	0	916
East Paulding Middle School	0%	0	858
Allgood Elementary School	0%	0	833
Herschel Jones Middle School	0%	0	824
Hiram Elementary School	0%	0	816
Irma C. Austin Middle School	0%	0	787
Carl Scoggins Sr. Middle school	0%	0	768
P. B. Ritch Middle School	0%	0	765
Nebo Elementary School	0%	0	702
Hal Hutchens Elementary	0%	0	654
C. A. Roberts Elementary School	0%	0	653
Connie Dugan Elementary School	0%	0	643
Northside Elementary School	0%	0	637
Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary	0%	0	596
McGarity Elementary School	0%	0	580
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary	0%	0	559
J. A. Dobbins Middle School	0%	0	540
Sam D. Panter Elementary School	0%	0	521
South Paulding Middle School	0%	0	471
Lillian C. Poole Elementary School	0%	0	471
Union Elementary School	0%	0	459
New Georgia Elementary School	0%	0	420