Albany Standard

There were 1,103 fifth grade students enrolled in Tift County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Annie Belle Clark Elementary School welcomed the largest number of fifth grade students among county schools, registering 235 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Annie Belle Clark Elementary School	235	16.2%	1,448
G. O. Bailey Elementary School	152	15.2%	998
Northside Elementary School	149	18.5%	806
Len Lastinger Elementary School	137	16.3%	839
Matt Wilson Elementary School	120	16%	751
J. T. Reddick Elementary School	116	19.1%	606
Omega Elementary School	102	17.3%	588
Charles Spencer Elementary School	92	14.2%	646