SE Georgia News

There were 594 ninth grade students enrolled in Appling County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Appling County High School was the only school in the county during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Appling County ranked 83rd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 6,514 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 86th 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Appling County High School	594	28.2%	2,107