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533 students were enrolled in eighth grade in Morgan County schools during 2022-23 school year

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Richard Woods State School Superintendent | georgia.gov

Richard Woods State School Superintendent | georgia.gov

There were 533 eighth grade students enrolled in Morgan County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

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

Within Morgan County schools, the highest student count was found in seventh grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in kindergarten.

Statewide, Morgan County ranked 79th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 6,814 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 85th 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.

Morgan County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison

KindergartenGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 1201002003004005006007002021-22 school year2022-23 school year

Eighth Grade Enrollment in Morgan County Schools for 2022-23 School Year

School name# of 8th Grade Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Morgan County Middle School53333%1,617

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