Coastal GA News

There were 1,725 kindergarten students enrolled in Liberty County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Waldo Pafford Elementary School welcomed the largest number of kindergarten students among county schools, registering 335 students during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Liberty County ranked 36th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 20,149 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 38th 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Waldo Pafford Elementary School	335	19.9%	1,685
Joseph Martin Elementary School	261	17%	1,533
Liberty Elementary School	261	17.6%	1,485
Button Gwinnett Elementary School	222	18.4%	1,206
Frank Long Elementary School	220	15.1%	1,460
Lyman Hall Elementary School	218	18.1%	1,204
Taylors Creek Elementary School	208	16.5%	1,260