Georgia Mountain News

There were 129 eighth grade students enrolled in Towns County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 25.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Towns County Middle School was the only school in the county during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Towns County schools, the highest student count was found in first grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in fourth grade.

Statewide, Towns County ranked 144th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 1,893 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 143rd 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Towns County Middle School	129	31.2%	414