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There were 22 multiracial students enrolled in Macon County school in the 2022-23 school year, 15.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Macon County welcomed 1,026 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the three schools in Macon County, Macon County High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of nine 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 Multiracial Students	Total Multiracial Students	Total enrollment
Macon County High School	3%	9	329
Macon County Elementary School	2%	8	439
Macon County Middle School	2%	5	258