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There were 4,429 seventh grade students enrolled in Muscogee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Richards Middle School welcomed the largest number of seventh grade students among county schools, registering 521 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Richards Middle School	521	32%	1,630
Veterans Memorial Middle School	448	33.7%	1,328
Arnold Middle School	446	35.1%	1,272
Aaron Cohn Middle School	373	36%	1,036
Blackmon Road Middle School	364	32.5%	1,121
Rothschild Leadership Academy School	337	32.3%	1,044
Midland Middle School	337	38.4%	878
Baker Middle School	333	28.5%	1,169
East Columbus Magnet Academy	303	32.7%	926
Eddy Middle School	296	35.6%	832
Fort Middle School	293	29.2%	1,005
Double Churches Middle School	268	32.1%	834
Rainey McCullers School of the Arts	110	14.5%	757
Muscogee Youth Development Center	0	0%	50