White students represent 46% of Hopewell Middle School’s enrollment for 2024-25

Hopewell Middle School counted 584 white students for the 2024-25 school year, an increase of 3.2% from the prior year, figures released by the Georgia Department of Education indicate.

The school’s total enrollment reached 1,271 students for the 2024-25 school year. White students accounted for 46% of the overall population, making them the largest demographic group at the school.

Situated within the Fulton County School District, Hopewell Middle School falls under the district’s jurisdiction with a central office based in Atlanta.

Of the 103 schools in the Fulton County School District, Milton High School reported the largest number of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with 1,147 enrolled.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Georgia’s public school student racial and ethnic breakdown is around 36.4% Black, 35.9% white, 18.1% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4.6% multiracial, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.

Chronic absenteeism continued to affect Georgia schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing at least 10% of school days in 2024, per the Georgia Department of Education. The Georgia Department of Education responded with a new statewide initiative featuring a real-time attendance dashboard, a public awareness campaign, and targeted aid for schools with greater needs to improve attendance rates.

In 2025, Georgia legislators approved a law changing student attendance policies to prohibit expulsion based solely on absenteeism. The legislation also adds new reporting obligations and updates pathways for students to graduate through alternative programs.

By 2026, Georgia recorded an average student-teacher ratio of about 14:1, which is below the national average of 15:1.

Information in this article was sourced from the Georgia Department of Education. The original data is available here.