West Atlanta News

There were 5,058 eighth grade students enrolled in Paulding County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School welcomed the largest number of eighth grade students among county schools, registering 1,024 students during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Paulding County ranked 11th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 62,687 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 11th 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School	1,024	33.4%	3,063
Lena Mae Moses Middle School	659	36.1%	1,826
East Paulding Middle School	557	32.4%	1,718
P. B. Ritch Middle School	548	36.1%	1,520
Herschel Jones Middle School	544	33.3%	1,636
Irma C. Austin Middle School	524	33.2%	1,580
Carl Scoggins Sr. Middle school	511	33.4%	1,529
J. A. Dobbins Middle School	356	33.2%	1,072
South Paulding Middle School	335	35.1%	954