Savannah Standard

There were 1,646 eighth grade students enrolled in Bulloch County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Southeast Bulloch Middle School welcomed the largest number of eighth grade students among county schools, registering 545 students during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Bulloch County ranked 35th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 21,377 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 35th 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
Southeast Bulloch Middle School	545	32.6%	1,674
Langston Chapel Middle School	509	34%	1,496
William James Middle School	385	33.1%	1,163
Portal Middle/High School	156	15.2%	1,025
Statesboro STEAM Academy	51	13.3%	383