South Georgia Times

There were 469 seventh grade students enrolled in Berrien County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Berrien Middle School was the only school in the county during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Berrien County ranked 89th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 5,846 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 92nd 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
Berrien Middle School	469	34.3%	1,369