SE Georgia News

There were 280 second grade students enrolled in Bacon County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Bacon County Primary School was the only school in the county to welcome second grade students during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Bacon County ranked 110th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 4,036 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 111th 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Bacon County Primary School	280	29.5%	950
Bacon County Elementary School	0	0%	900