West Atlanta News

There were 5,731 ninth grade students enrolled in Paulding County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

North Paulding High School welcomed the largest number of ninth grade students among county schools, registering 1,621 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
North Paulding High School	1,621	27.3%	5,945
Paulding County High School	1,147	28.9%	3,963
South Paulding High School	1,064	28%	3,801
East Paulding High School	1,010	26.6%	3,799
Hiram High School	889	30.7%	2,899