SW Georgia News

There were 571 seventh grade students enrolled in Mitchell County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Pelham City Middle School welcomed the largest number of seventh grade students among county schools, registering 219 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Mitchell County schools, the highest student count was found in sixth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in second grade.

Statewide, Mitchell County ranked 85th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 6,406 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 84th 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
Pelham City Middle School	219	33.5%	654
Mitchell County Middle School	189	49.2%	384
Baconton Community Charter School	163	9.7%	1,678
Mitchell County High School	0	0%	770