In the 2024-25 school year, East Laurens Primary School had 19 multiracial students enrolled, which marked a 24% decline compared to the prior year, data from the Georgia Department of Education show.
The school’s total enrollment reached 495 for the 2024-25 school year. Within this group, multiracial students accounted for 4% of the entire student body, making them the school’s smallest ethnicity group.
East Laurens Primary School is part of the Laurens County School District, which is headquartered in Dublin.
During the 2024-25 school year, Northwest Laurens Elementary School recorded the highest number of multiracial students among the district’s eight schools, enrolling 40 multiracial students.
More than 1.7 million students attended Georgia’s public schools, according to the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report. Most students were enrolled in elementary school with 787,206 students (45.9%), followed by 388,733 (22.7%) in middle school, and 539,092 (31.4%) in high school.
After the pandemic, schools in Georgia have continued to see high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 20.7% of students missing at least 10% of school days in 2024, according to the Georgia Department of Education. The department launched initiatives such as a real-time attendance dashboard, community awareness efforts, and specific supports targeted toward districts with greater need.
Georgia lawmakers enacted updates to attendance laws in 2025 that prohibit expulsion based only on absenteeism. The new law, passed that year, also stipulates stronger reporting procedures and partners with programs allowing alternative routes to earn diplomas.
As of 2026, Georgia maintained an average student-to-teacher ratio of about 14:1, which is an improvement over the national average of 15:1.
| School Year | Total Enrollment | Total multiracial students | % of multiracial students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 539 | 10 | 2% |
| 2011-12 | 566 | 5 | 1% |
| 2012-13 | 556 | 5 | 1% |
| 2013-14 | 555 | 11 | 2% |
| 2014-15 | 558 | 16 | 3% |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 28 | 5% |
| 2016-17 | 560 | 22 | 4% |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 16 | 3% |
| 2018-19 | 535 | 16 | 3% |
| 2019-20 | 506 | 20 | 4% |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 15 | 3% |
| 2021-22 | 474 | 18 | 4% |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 20 | 4% |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 25 | 5% |
| 2024-25 | 495 | 19 | 4% |
