NW Georgia News

There were 340 ninth grade students enrolled in Dade County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

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

Within Dade County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in eighth grade.

Statewide, Dade County ranked 112th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 3,879 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 114th 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
Dade County High School	340	27.5%	1,237