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There were 342 Black students enrolled in Talbot County school in the 2022-23 school year, 3.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Talbot County welcomed 394 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 86.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the one schools in Talbot County, Central Elementary/High School was the only school enrolling Black students in the 2022-23 school year.

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 Black Students	Total Black Students	Total enrollment
Central Elementary/High School	87%	342	394