NE Atlanta News

There were 5,000 eighth grade students enrolled in Hall County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

South Hall Middle School welcomed the largest number of eighth grade students among county schools, registering 666 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Hall County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 11th grade.

Statewide, Hall County ranked 10th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 67,319 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 10th 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
South Hall Middle School	666	34.9%	1,911
East Hall Middle School	640	35.3%	1,812
Chestatee Middle School	631	35.6%	1,770
West Hall Middle School	620	35.7%	1,737
C. W. Davis Middle School	584	36.6%	1,595
North Hall Middle School	572	34.7%	1,649
Cherokee Bluff Middle School	569	34.7%	1,642
Gainesville Middle School East	544	32%	1,700
World Language Academy Middle School	150	32.1%	467
The Foundry	24	23.5%	102