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There were 4,442 sixth grade students enrolled in Muscogee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Richards Middle School welcomed the largest number of sixth grade students among county schools, registering 596 students during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Muscogee County ranked 15th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 57,113 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 14th 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Richards Middle School	596	36.6%	1,630
Baker Middle School	441	37.7%	1,169
Arnold Middle School	418	32.9%	1,272
Veterans Memorial Middle School	390	29.4%	1,328
Blackmon Road Middle School	380	33.9%	1,121
Aaron Cohn Middle School	364	35.1%	1,036
Fort Middle School	348	34.6%	1,005
Rothschild Leadership Academy School	335	32.1%	1,044
East Columbus Magnet Academy	312	33.7%	926
Double Churches Middle School	268	32.1%	834
Midland Middle School	258	29.4%	878
Eddy Middle School	234	28.1%	832
Rainey McCullers School of the Arts	98	12.9%	757
Muscogee Youth Development Center	0	0%	50