Athens Reporter

There were 1,801 fifth grade students enrolled in Clarke County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Whitehead Road Elementary School welcomed the largest number of fifth grade students among county schools, registering 197 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Whitehead Road Elementary School	197	16.2%	1,217
Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School	178	17.4%	1,021
Gaines Elementary School	151	16.7%	902
Chase Street Elementary School	147	17%	863
Whit Davis Road Elementary School	137	18.2%	751
Barnett Shoals Elementary School	125	14.8%	846
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary School	125	17.5%	713
Winterville Elementary School	124	19.2%	645
Timothy Elementary School	121	12.7%	951
Fowler Drive Elementary School	119	17.5%	679
Barrow Elementary School	117	15%	780
Howard B. Stroud Elementary School	91	14.7%	617
Alps Road Elementary School	85	14.9%	570
Cleveland Road Elementary School	84	17.4%	482