Hispanic students account for 26% of Gwinnett Online Campus enrollment for 2024-25

In the 2024-25 school year, Gwinnett Online Campus enrolled 591 Hispanic students—an increase of 18.7% over the prior year, reports from the Georgia Department of Education show.

Total enrollment at Gwinnett Online Campus reached 2,274 students for 2024-25. Of this number, Hispanic students comprised 26% of the school population, making them the second-largest demographic group enrolled.

Gwinnett Online Campus operates within the Gwinnett County School District and maintains its main office in Lawrenceville.

Out of 140 schools in the Gwinnett County School District, Berkmar High School reported the largest Hispanic student enrollment for the 2024-25 school year, totaling 2,072 students.

Enrollment in Georgia’s public schools exceeded 1.7 million students, according to the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report. Of those, 787,206 (45.9%) were in elementary grades, 388,733 (22.7%) attended middle schools, and 539,092 (31.4%) were in high schools.

Chronic absenteeism has remained a significant concern for Georgia schools after the pandemic, as 20.7% of students missed at least 10% of school days in 2024, according to the Georgia Department of Education. To address this, GaDOE implemented a statewide initiative that features a real-time attendance dashboard, a public awareness campaign, and targeted support to high-need districts to promote daily attendance.

In 2025, Georgia legislators approved a bill revising attendance laws that prohibits expulsion based solely on absenteeism. The new law also introduces additional reporting guidelines and is designed to coordinate with programs offering alternative routes to graduation.

By 2026, the student-teacher ratio in Georgia averaged about 14:1, slightly better than the national average of 15:1.

Data for this article comes from the Georgia Department of Education. The underlying dataset is available here.