Central Georgia News

The majority of students in Hancock County School District were African American in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Among the 664 students attending Hancock County schools, 95.9% were African American. Multiracial students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 2% of Hancock County student body.

In the previous school year, African American students were also the most common ethnicity in Hancock County School District, representing 95.9% of the student body.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped 2.6% when compared to the previous year.

Hancock County School District, the only school district in the county, has a main office in Sparta.

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.

District	Most prevalent ethnicity	% of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Hancock County School District	African American	96%	664