NW Atlanta News

There were 6,751 eighth grade students enrolled in Cherokee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

E. T. Booth Middle School welcomed the largest number of eighth grade students among county schools, registering 1,200 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Cherokee County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in kindergarten.

Statewide, Cherokee County ranked eighth in enrollment numbers, with a total of 83,902 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked eighth 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
E. T. Booth Middle School	1,200	36.3%	3,306
Teasley Middle School	1,153	35.8%	3,221
Creekland Middle School	1,042	34.5%	3,017
Dean Rusk Middle School	1,006	34.3%	2,931
Mill Creek Middle School	862	32.3%	2,668
Woodstock Middle School	695	32.4%	2,146
Freedom Middle School	646	34.9%	1,850
Cherokee Charter Academy	112	9.1%	1,233