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There were 4,599 seventh grade students enrolled in Columbia County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Grovetown Middle School welcomed the largest number of seventh grade students among county schools, registering 741 students during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Columbia County ranked 13th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 58,174 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 15th 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Grovetown Middle School	741	34.3%	2,158
Harlem Middle School	679	34.4%	1,972
Columbia Middle School	624	31.7%	1,967
Evans Middle School	610	31.1%	1,959
Greenbrier Middle School	561	33.1%	1,693
Stallings Island Middle School	473	34.2%	1,383
Riverside Middle School	441	29%	1,519
Lakeside Middle School	373	34.7%	1,075
SAIL Charter Academy - School for Arts-Infused Learning	97	8.6%	1,133