West Atlanta News

There were 31,332 students enrolled in Paulding County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.3% of the county's student body, while the other 48.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 50.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Paulding County schools, followed by African American students with 29.8%, 12.4% Hispanic students, 5.7% multiracial students, 1.1% Asian students and less than 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

North Paulding High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Paulding County's 33 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 2,957 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
North Paulding High School	2,815	2,957	5%
Paulding County High School	1,858	1,957	5.3%
East Paulding High School	1,851	1,891	2.2%
South Paulding High School	1,913	1,887	-1.4%
Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School	1,510	1,527	1.1%
Hiram High School	1,409	1,429	1.4%
Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at Crossroad	1,412	1,421	0.6%
WC Abney Elementary School	1,216	1,299	6.8%
Burnt Hickory Elementary School	1,071	1,049	-2.1%
Roland W. Russom Elementary School	940	949	1%
Lena Mae Moses Middle School	902	916	1.6%
East Paulding Middle School	879	858	-2.4%
Allgood Elementary School	873	833	-4.6%
Herschel Jones Middle School	820	824	0.5%
Hiram Elementary School	761	816	7.2%
Irma C. Austin Middle School	800	787	-1.6%
Carl Scoggins Sr. Middle school	741	768	3.6%
P. B. Ritch Middle School	710	765	7.7%
Nebo Elementary School	629	702	11.6%
Hal Hutchens Elementary School	654	654	0%
C. A. Roberts Elementary School	645	653	1.2%
Connie Dugan Elementary School	636	643	1.1%
Northside Elementary School	644	637	-1.1%
Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary School	599	596	-0.5%
McGarity Elementary School	600	580	-3.3%
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary School	598	559	-6.5%
J. A. Dobbins Middle School	591	540	-8.6%
Sam D. Panter Elementary School	517	521	0.8%
Dallas Elementary School	498	493	-1%
South Paulding Middle School	477	471	-1.3%
Lillian C. Poole Elementary School	448	471	5.1%
Union Elementary School	482	459	-4.8%
New Georgia Elementary School	416	420	1%