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There were 4,535 kindergarten students enrolled in Richmond County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Belair K-8 School and Warren Road Elementary School welcomed the largest number of kindergarten students among county schools, registering 209 students each during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Richmond County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 12th grade.

Statewide, Richmond County ranked 14th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 57,809 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 13th 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Belair K-8 School	209	10.5%	1,992
Warren Road Elementary School	209	18.9%	1,105
Walker Traditional Elementary School	191	16.6%	1,154
Sue Reynolds Elementary School	189	16.3%	1,162
Deer Chase Elementary School	182	17.9%	1,017
W.S. Hornsby Elementary School	182	25.3%	719
Wheeless Road Elementary School	172	16.9%	1,016
Freedom Park Elementary School	158	13.4%	1,177
Richmond Hill K-8	156	6.9%	2,277
Gracewood Elementary School	155	16.7%	930
Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics	148	7.8%	1,905
Meadowbrook Elementary School	145	16.2%	893
Wilkinson Gardens Elementary School	142	17.1%	828
Diamond Lakes Elementary School	141	16.5%	857
Lake Forest Hills Elementary School	137	14.6%	939
McBean Elementary School	135	20.7%	651
Dorothy Hains Elementary School	134	16.5%	813
Tobacco Road Elementary School	134	17.1%	782
Hephzibah Elementary School	133	20.1%	662
Copeland Elementary School	132	19%	693
Garrett Elementary School	126	19.5%	646
Merry Elementary School	121	17.6%	689
Goshen Elementary School	114	14.5%	788
Jenkins-White Elementary School	108	16.1%	671
Jamestown Elementary School	107	15.2%	703
Bayvale Elementary School	102	15.8%	644
Monte Sano Elementary School	102	13.7%	745
Barton Chapel Elementary School	101	13.9%	726
Glenn Hills Elementary School	100	14.7%	680
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School	96	17.4%	551
Willis Foreman Elementary School	96	16.1%	596
Blythe Elementary School	95	17.1%	554
Terrace Manor Elementary School	83	17.4%	476