Georgia Mountain News

There were 564 kindergarten students enrolled in White County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Mossy Creek Elementary School welcomed the largest number of kindergarten students among county schools, registering 162 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within White County schools, the highest student count was found in 12th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in sixth grade.

Statewide, White County ranked 52nd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 12,127 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 52nd 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mossy Creek Elementary School	162	20.9%	774
Mount Yonah Elementary School	140	16.1%	870
Tesnatee Gap Elementary School	132	14.2%	927
Jack P. Nix Elementary School	130	15.8%	822