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There were 2,391 Black students enrolled in Forsyth County school in the 2022-23 school year, 3.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Forsyth County welcomed 52,895 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 4.5% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 41 schools in Forsyth County, Denmark High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 219 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 Black Students	Total Black Students	Total enrollment
DeSana Middle School	10%	121	1,214
Denmark High School	9%	219	2,440
Brandywine Elementary School	9%	106	1,178
Coal Mountain Elementary School	7%	51	741
Midway Elementary School	7%	49	701
North Forsyth High School	6%	122	2,037
North Forsyth Middle School	6%	71	1,198
George W. Whitlow Elementary	6%	71	1,187
Silver City Elementary School	6%	66	1,112
Cumming Elementary School	6%	53	885
Big Creek Elementary School	6%	40	680
West Forsyth High School	5%	119	2,381
Forsyth Central High School	5%	115	2,318
Riverwatch Middle School	5%	77	1,558
Hendricks Middle School	5%	67	1,353
Kelly Mill Elementary	5%	52	1,043
Otwell Middle School	5%	52	1,041
Settles Bridge Elementary School	5%	45	901
Lambert High School	4%	119	2,999
Sawnee Elementary School	4%	69	1,747
Shiloh Point Elementary	4%	45	1,125
Poole's Mill Elementary	4%	43	1,090
Liberty Middle School	4%	41	1,038
Piney Grove Middle School	4%	41	1,032
Vickery Creek Middle School	4%	41	1,028
Johns Creek Elementary	4%	38	969
Sharon Elementary School	4%	36	924
South Forsyth High School	3%	72	2,431
Lakeside Middle School	3%	44	1,492
Vickery Creek Elementary School	3%	34	1,154
Daves Creek Elementary School	3%	33	1,127
Matt Elementary School	3%	33	1,113
Mashburn Elementary School	3%	27	932
Brookwood Elementary	3%	27	927
Haw Creek Elementary	3%	27	915
East Forsyth High School	2%	28	1,449
South Forsyth Middle School	2%	28	1,422
Chestatee Elementary	2%	24	1,229
Alliance Academy for Innovation	2%	21	1,092
Chattahoochee Elementary School	2%	15	775
Little Mill Middle School	1%	9	917