NW Georgia News

There were 620 ninth grade students enrolled in Gilmer County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 13.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

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

Within Gilmer County schools, the highest student count was found in third grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in sixth grade.

Statewide, Gilmer County ranked 75th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 7,047 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 67th 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Gilmer High School	620	27%	2,297