Athens Reporter

There were 4,901 students enrolled in Madison County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 52% of the county's student body, while the other 48% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 67.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Madison County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 12.5%, 10.7% African American students, 5.5% multiracial students and 3.2% Asian students.

Madison County High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Madison County's seven schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,402 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Madison County High School	1,328	1,402	5.6%
Madison County Middle School	1,207	1,187	-1.7%
Hull-Sanford Elementary School	523	519	-0.8%
Danielsville Elementary School	453	513	13.2%
Ila Elementary School	434	442	1.8%
Colbert Elementary School	423	442	4.5%
Comer Elementary School	393	396	0.8%