West Atlanta News

There were 4,434 eighth grade students enrolled in Douglas County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Chapel Hill Middle School welcomed the largest number of eighth grade students among county schools, registering 757 students during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Douglas County ranked 16th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 51,616 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 16th 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
Chapel Hill Middle School	757	34.4%	2,203
Mason Creek Middle School	626	35.5%	1,765
Factory Shoals Middle School	596	35.4%	1,682
Turner Middle School	537	36.3%	1,481
Chestnut Log Middle School	533	36.7%	1,452
Yeager Middle School	424	39%	1,088
Stewart Middle School	399	35.8%	1,115
Fairplay Middle School	394	37.1%	1,063
Brighten Academy	168	10.4%	1,609