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There were 4,622 10th grade students enrolled in Columbia County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Grovetown High School welcomed the largest number of 10th grade students among county schools, registering 1,062 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 10th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Grovetown High School	1,062	24.1%	4,402
Evans High School	1,026	27.4%	3,742
Lakeside High School	1,007	26.3%	3,831
Greenbrier High School	941	26.2%	3,592
Harlem High School	586	24.2%	2,425