Athens Reporter

There were 1,853 second grade students enrolled in Clarke County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Whitehead Road Elementary School welcomed the largest number of second grade students among county schools, registering 170 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Clarke County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in seventh grade.

Statewide, Clarke County ranked 31st in enrollment numbers, with a total of 27,976 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 29th the year before.

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	# of 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Whitehead Road Elementary School	170	14%	1,217
Barnett Shoals Elementary School	166	19.6%	846
Timothy Elementary School	156	16.4%	951
Chase Street Elementary School	152	17.6%	863
Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School	148	14.5%	1,021
Gaines Elementary School	142	15.7%	902
Barrow Elementary School	139	17.8%	780
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary School	137	19.2%	713
Fowler Drive Elementary School	126	18.6%	679
Whit Davis Road Elementary School	119	15.8%	751
Howard B. Stroud Elementary School	115	18.6%	617
Alps Road Elementary School	103	18.1%	570
Winterville Elementary School	94	14.6%	645
Cleveland Road Elementary School	86	17.8%	482