Georgia Mountain News

There were 525 11th grade students enrolled in Stephens County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

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

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

Statewide, Stephens County ranked 74th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 7,347 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 75th 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 11th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Stephens County High School	525	23.4%	2,242