Athens Reporter

There were 2,184 students enrolled in Oglethorpe County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 53.5% of the county's student body, while the other 46.5% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 61.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Oglethorpe County schools, followed by African American students with 18.2%, 12.5% Hispanic students, 5.1% multiracial students and 1.9% Asian students.

Oglethorpe County High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Oglethorpe County's four schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 651 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
Oglethorpe County High School	603	651	8%
Oglethorpe County Middle School	525	526	0.2%
Oglethorpe County Primary School	521	519	-0.4%
Oglethorpe County Elementary School	491	488	-0.6%