Georgia Mountain News

There were 565 first grade students enrolled in White County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Jack P. Nix Elementary School welcomed the largest number of first grade students among county schools, registering 154 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Jack P. Nix Elementary School	154	18.7%	822
Tesnatee Gap Elementary School	142	15.3%	927
Mount Yonah Elementary School	137	15.7%	870
Mossy Creek Elementary School	132	17.1%	774