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There were 4,581 seventh grade students enrolled in Richmond County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Glenn Hills Middle School welcomed the largest number of seventh grade students among county schools, registering 565 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Glenn Hills Middle School	565	36.5%	1,546
Murphey Middle School	467	36.8%	1,270
Langford Middle School	462	32.1%	1,439
Richmond Hill K-8	415	18.2%	2,277
Pine Hill Middle School	377	33%	1,142
Spirit Creek Middle School	369	34.4%	1,072
Hephzibah Middle School	334	31.7%	1,052
Tutt Middle School	327	34.8%	940
W.S. Hornsby Middle School	258	32.6%	791
Belair K-8 School	257	12.9%	1,992
Davidson Magnet School	196	13.8%	1,422
Johnson Magnet	176	14.1%	1,252
Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics	148	7.8%	1,905
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School	140	14.8%	943
Freedom Park Elementary School	90	7.6%	1,177
Walker Traditional Elementary School	0	0%	1,154
Augusta Youth Development Campus	0	0%	28