NW Georgia News

There were 10,024 students enrolled in Catoosa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.4% of the county's student body, while the other 48.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 83.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in Catoosa County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 5.8%, 4.5% multiracial students, 3.6% African American students, 2.1% Asian students and less than 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

Heritage High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Catoosa County's 16 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,227 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Heritage High School	1,258	1,227	-2.5%
Ringgold High School	1,031	1,032	0.1%
Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School	1,039	994	-4.3%
Heritage Middle School	889	886	-0.3%
Ringgold Middle School	788	759	-3.7%
Lakeview Middle School	714	674	-5.6%
Graysville Elementary School	578	594	2.8%
Boynton Elementary School	583	575	-1.4%
West Side Elementary School	456	465	2%
Ringgold Primary School	423	457	8%
Ringgold Elementary School	445	442	-0.7%
Tiger Creek Elementary School	438	439	0.2%
Battlefield Elementary School	447	425	-4.9%
Battlefield Primary School	437	410	-6.2%
Woodstation Elementary School	396	372	-6.1%
Cloud Springs Elementary School	293	273	-6.8%