Central Georgia News

The only school district in Bleckley County had rising enrollment in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

There were 2,452 students in the halls of Bleckley County School District, 2% more than the year before.

Enrollment in Bleckley County bucked the state's trend compared to the state's trend of decreasing enrollment.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51% of them were male, and 49% were female.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 70% of the Bleckley County School District's total enrollment.

Bleckley County School District has a main office in Cochran and is the only school district within Bleckley County.

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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total % Change
Bleckley County School District	2,452	2,404	2%