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There were 188 10th grade students enrolled in Wilkes County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School was the only school in the county during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Wilkes County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 12th grade.

Statewide, Wilkes County ranked 127th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 2,383 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 124th 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
Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School	188	27%	697