NW Georgia News

There were 1,355 seventh grade students enrolled in Walker County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

LaFayette Middle School welcomed the largest number of seventh grade students among county schools, registering 369 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Walker County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 11th grade.

Statewide, Walker County ranked 39th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 18,643 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 40th 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
LaFayette Middle School	369	32.4%	1,138
Chattanooga Valley Middle School	344	35.1%	981
Rossville Middle School	289	32.4%	892
Gordon Lee Middle School	190	30.5%	622
Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle School	163	12.8%	1,274