NE Atlanta News

There were five Native American students enrolled in Hall County school in the 2022-23 school year, 44.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Hall County welcomed 33,586 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Native American students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 45 schools in Hall County, Wauka Mountain Elementary School was the only school enrolling Native American students in the 2022-23 school year.

While enrollment in Georgia inches closer to pre-pandemic levels, chronic absenteeism remains a serious challenge. In 2023, a significant portion of students (23%) missed 10% or more of their classes. Although this is slightly better than the peak of 25% in 2022, it's still nearly double the pre-pandemic rate of 13% recorded in 2019.

School name	% of Native American Students	Total Native American Students	Total enrollment
Wauka Mountain Elementary School	1%	5	551
Gainesville High School	0%	0	2,240
Flowery Branch High	0%	0	1,339
East Hall High School	0%	0	1,291
Johnson High School	0%	0	1,251
Chestatee High School	0%	0	1,200
West Hall High School	0%	0	1,187
Cherokee Bluff High School	0%	0	1,147
North Hall High School	0%	0	1,107
South Hall Middle School	0%	0	956
East Hall Middle School	0%	0	900
Chestatee Middle School	0%	0	875
West Hall Middle School	0%	0	874
Gainesville Middle School East	0%	0	859
Spout Springs Elementary School	0%	0	841
Cherokee Bluff Middle	0%	0	828
North Hall Middle School	0%	0	826
Chestnut Mountain Elementary School	0%	0	814
C. W. Davis Middle School	0%	0	801
Centennial Arts Academy	0%	0	773
Chicopee Elementary School	0%	0	737
Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy	0%	0	723
Flowery Branch Elementary School	0%	0	689
Mundy Mill Learning Academy	0%	0	688
Friendship Elementary School	0%	0	677
Lyman Hall Elementary School	0%	0	675
Mount Vernon Elementary School	0%	0	623
World Language Academy	0%	0	602
Sugar Hill Elementary	0%	0	600
Myers Elementary School	0%	0	595
Martin Elementary School	0%	0	580
Sardis Elementary School	0%	0	537
Lanier Elementary School	0%	0	525
Gainesville Exploration Academy	0%	0	524
Fair Street International Academy	0%	0	524
McEver Elementary School	0%	0	510
Oakwood Elementary School	0%	0	500
Tadmore Elementary School	0%	0	483
New Holland Knowledge Academy	0%	0	482
White Sulphur Elementary School	0%	0	451
Lula Elementary School	0%	0	396
Riverbend Elementary School	0%	0	356
World Language Academy Middle School	0%	0	234
Lanier College and Career Academy	0%	0	153
The Foundry	0%	0	62