Rome Reporter

There were 3,305 students enrolled in Chattooga County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 52% of the county's student body, while the other 48% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 75.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Chattooga County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 13%, 5.8% multiracial students, 5.2% African American students and 0.4% Asian students.

Chattooga High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Chattooga County's eight schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 693 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
Chattooga High School	657	693	5.5%
Trion Elementary School	587	573	-2.4%
Trion High School	381	391	2.6%
Summerville Middle School	391	391	0%
Leroy Massey Elementary School	705	351	-50.2%
Lyerly Elementary School	322	318	-1.2%
Menlo Elementary School	337	312	-7.4%
Trion Middle School	286	276	-3.5%