Albany Standard

There were 946 10th grade students enrolled in Lee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Lee County High School was the only school in the county to welcome 10th grade students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Lee County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in first grade.

Statewide, Lee County ranked 53rd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 12,024 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 53rd 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 10th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Lee County High School	946	33.6%	2,819
Lee High School 9th Grade Campus	0	0%	1,060