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There were 4,560 eighth grade students enrolled in Muscogee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Richards Middle School welcomed the largest number of eighth grade students among county schools, registering 513 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Richards Middle School	513	31.5%	1,630
Veterans Memorial Middle School	490	36.9%	1,328
Arnold Middle School	408	32.1%	1,272
Baker Middle School	395	33.8%	1,169
Blackmon Road Middle School	377	33.6%	1,121
Rothschild Leadership Academy School	372	35.6%	1,044
Fort Middle School	364	36.2%	1,005
East Columbus Magnet Academy	311	33.6%	926
Eddy Middle School	302	36.3%	832
Aaron Cohn Middle School	299	28.9%	1,036
Double Churches Middle School	298	35.7%	834
Midland Middle School	283	32.2%	878
Rainey McCullers School of the Arts	138	18.2%	757
Muscogee Youth Development Center	10	20%	50