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There were 4,324 fifth grade students enrolled in Richmond County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Belair K-8 School welcomed the largest number of fifth grade students among county schools, registering 227 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Belair K-8 School	227	11.4%	1,992
Walker Traditional Elementary School	210	18.2%	1,154
Richmond Hill K-8	199	8.7%	2,277
Sue Reynolds Elementary School	193	16.6%	1,162
Warren Road Elementary School	179	16.2%	1,105
Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics	177	9.3%	1,905
Lake Forest Hills Elementary School	171	18.2%	939
Meadowbrook Elementary School	167	18.7%	893
Gracewood Elementary School	161	17.3%	930
Diamond Lakes Elementary School	160	18.7%	857
Tobacco Road Elementary School	150	19.2%	782
Barton Chapel Elementary School	149	20.5%	726
Wheeless Road Elementary School	144	14.2%	1,016
Deer Chase Elementary School	143	14.1%	1,017
Dorothy Hains Elementary School	134	16.5%	813
Goshen Elementary School	125	15.9%	788
Monte Sano Elementary School	125	16.8%	745
Willis Foreman Elementary School	122	20.5%	596
Freedom Park Elementary School	115	9.8%	1,177
Wilkinson Gardens Elementary School	115	13.9%	828
Copeland Elementary School	110	15.9%	693
Glenn Hills Elementary School	109	16%	680
Jamestown Elementary School	108	15.4%	703
Bayvale Elementary School	104	16.1%	644
Hephzibah Elementary School	100	15.1%	662
Blythe Elementary School	100	18.1%	554
Jenkins-White Elementary School	99	14.8%	671
McBean Elementary School	96	14.7%	651
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School	90	16.3%	551
Garrett Elementary School	88	13.6%	646
Merry Elementary School	85	12.3%	689
Terrace Manor Elementary School	69	14.5%	476
W.S. Hornsby Elementary School	0	0%	719