Georgia Mountain News

There were 6,473 students enrolled in Habersham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.7% of the county's student body, while the other 48.3% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 60.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Habersham County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 30.1%, 4.1% multiracial students, 2.5% African American students, 1.6% Asian students and 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

Habersham Central High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Habersham County's 13 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,359 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Habersham Central High School	1,393	1,359	-2.4%
Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School	584	591	1.2%
Level Grove Elementary School	525	565	7.6%
North Habersham Middle School	587	555	-5.5%
Habersham Ninth Grade Academy	519	538	3.7%
Demorest Elementary School	488	523	7.2%
South Habersham Middle School	458	476	3.9%
Cornelia Elementary School	436	458	5%
Fairview Elementary School	467	457	-2.1%
Clarkesville Elementary School	388	395	1.8%
Hazel Grove Elementary School	275	267	-2.9%
Woodville Elementary School	222	220	-0.9%
Habersham Success Academy	41	69	68.3%