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There were 4,759 eighth grade students enrolled in Columbia County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Grovetown Middle School welcomed the largest number of eighth grade students among county schools, registering 744 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Grovetown Middle School	744	34.5%	2,158
Evans Middle School	688	35.1%	1,959
Columbia Middle School	682	34.7%	1,967
Harlem Middle School	632	32%	1,972
Greenbrier Middle School	571	33.7%	1,693
Riverside Middle School	526	34.6%	1,519
Stallings Island Middle School	492	35.6%	1,383
Lakeside Middle School	339	31.5%	1,075
SAIL Charter Academy - School for Arts-Infused Learning	85	7.5%	1,133