Albany Standard

There were 1,093 kindergarten students enrolled in Tift County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Annie Belle Clark Elementary School welcomed the largest number of kindergarten students among county schools, registering 220 students during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Tift County ranked 48th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 14,485 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 48th 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
Annie Belle Clark Elementary School	220	15.2%	1,448
G. O. Bailey Elementary School	173	17.3%	998
Len Lastinger Elementary School	161	19.2%	839
Northside Elementary School	150	18.6%	806
Matt Wilson Elementary School	106	14.1%	751
J. T. Reddick Elementary School	99	16.3%	606
Charles Spencer Elementary School	98	15.2%	646
Omega Elementary School	86	14.6%	588