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There were 4,654 third grade students enrolled in Richmond County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Deer Chase Elementary School welcomed the largest number of third grade students among county schools, registering 217 students 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Deer Chase Elementary School	217	21.3%	1,017
Belair K-8 School	209	10.5%	1,992
Walker Traditional Elementary School	198	17.2%	1,154
Richmond Hill K-8	192	8.4%	2,277
Sue Reynolds Elementary School	192	16.5%	1,162
Warren Road Elementary School	190	17.2%	1,105
Wheeless Road Elementary School	179	17.6%	1,016
Freedom Park Elementary School	172	14.6%	1,177
Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics	168	8.8%	1,905
W.S. Hornsby Elementary School	162	22.5%	719
Gracewood Elementary School	162	17.4%	930
Meadowbrook Elementary School	157	17.6%	893
Lake Forest Hills Elementary School	153	16.3%	939
Wilkinson Gardens Elementary School	147	17.8%	828
Jamestown Elementary School	146	20.8%	703
Dorothy Hains Elementary School	144	17.7%	813
Diamond Lakes Elementary School	143	16.7%	857
Goshen Elementary School	131	16.6%	788
Monte Sano Elementary School	130	17.4%	745
Tobacco Road Elementary School	124	15.9%	782
Jenkins-White Elementary School	123	18.3%	671
Barton Chapel Elementary School	122	16.8%	726
Bayvale Elementary School	122	18.9%	644
Copeland Elementary School	111	16%	693
Hephzibah Elementary School	111	16.8%	662
Glenn Hills Elementary School	105	15.4%	680
Willis Foreman Elementary School	103	17.3%	596
McBean Elementary School	99	15.2%	651
Merry Elementary School	98	14.2%	689
Blythe Elementary School	94	17%	554
Garrett Elementary School	92	14.2%	646
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School	86	15.6%	551
Terrace Manor Elementary School	72	15.1%	476