Central Georgia News

There were 18 Asian students enrolled in Dodge County school in the 2022-23 school year, 125% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Dodge County welcomed 2,686 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the six schools in Dodge County, Dodge County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of eight 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 Asian Students	Total Asian Students	Total enrollment
Dodge County High School	1%	8	829
North Dodge Elementary School	1%	5	595
South Dodge Elementary School	1%	5	573
Dodge County Middle School	0%	0	634
DAC (Dodge County Achievement Center)	0%	0	35
Eastman Youth Development Campus	0%	0	20