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There were 1,052 students enrolled in Dooly County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Girls made up 50.3% of the county's student body, while the other 49.7% were boys.

Data also showed that African American students made up 67.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Dooly County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 21.3%, 8.7% white students and 2% multiracial students.

Dooly County Elementary School stood out with the highest enrollment among Dooly County's four schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 457 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Dooly County Elementary School	453	457	0.9%
Dooly County High School	300	342	14%
Dooly County Middle School	271	253	-6.6%
Dooly County Prep Academy	0	0	0%