Athens Reporter

There were 1,864 fourth grade students enrolled in Clarke County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Whitehead Road Elementary School welcomed the largest number of fourth grade students among county schools, registering 214 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Whitehead Road Elementary School	214	17.6%	1,217
Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School	180	17.6%	1,021
Timothy Elementary School	163	17.1%	951
Chase Street Elementary School	152	17.6%	863
Barrow Elementary School	144	18.5%	780
Barnett Shoals Elementary School	139	16.4%	846
Gaines Elementary School	128	14.2%	902
Fowler Drive Elementary School	124	18.3%	679
Whit Davis Road Elementary School	114	15.2%	751
Howard B. Stroud Elementary School	111	18%	617
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary School	110	15.4%	713
Winterville Elementary School	108	16.7%	645
Alps Road Elementary School	96	16.8%	570
Cleveland Road Elementary School	81	16.8%	482