Forsyth County schools welcomed 6,513 kindergarten students in 2022-23 school year

Richard Woods State School Superintendent | georgia.gov

By NE Atlanta News

Sep 17, 2024

There were 6,513 kindergarten students enrolled in Forsyth County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Sawnee Elementary School welcomed the largest number of kindergarten students among county schools, registering 566 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Forsyth County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in kindergarten.

Statewide, Forsyth County ranked sixth in enrollment numbers, with a total of 105,657 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked sixth 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.

Forsyth County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison

Kindergarten Enrollment in Forsyth County Schools for 2022-23 School Year

School name	# of Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Sawnee Elementary School	566	16.5%	3,424
George W. Whitlow Elementary School	426	18.1%	2,355
Brandywine Elementary School	394	16.7%	2,357
Matt Elementary School	339	15.3%	2,213
Vickery Creek Elementary School	337	14.7%	2,286
Chestatee Elementary School	335	13.7%	2,448
Silver City Elementary School	331	14.9%	2,223
Poole's Mill Elementary School	321	14.9%	2,158
Shiloh Point Elementary School	313	13.9%	2,248
Mashburn Elementary School	310	16.9%	1,835
Kelly Mill Elementary School	309	14.8%	2,087
Chattahoochee Elementary School	285	18.4%	1,548
Cumming Elementary School	276	15.6%	1,772
Johns Creek Elementary School	247	12.8%	1,926
Coal Mountain Elementary School	244	16.6%	1,471
Brookwood Elementary School	241	13.1%	1,844
Daves Creek Elementary School	229	10.3%	2,231
Midway Elementary School	224	15.9%	1,407
Sharon Elementary School	213	11.6%	1,838
Haw Creek Elementary School	209	11.5%	1,823
Settles Bridge Elementary School	201	11.3%	1,781
Big Creek Elementary School	163	12%	1,361