SW Georgia News

There were 1,013 students enrolled in Calhoun County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.8% of the county's student body, while the other 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that African American students made up 57.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Calhoun County schools, followed by white students with 34.5%, 5.1% Hispanic students, 1.6% multiracial students and 0.5% Asian students.

Pataula Charter Academy stood out with the highest enrollment among Calhoun County's four schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 560 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Pataula Charter Academy	574	560	-2.4%
Calhoun County Elementary School	185	192	3.8%
Calhoun County High School	169	166	-1.8%
Calhoun County Middle School	106	95	-10.4%