Macon Times

There were 644 kindergarten students enrolled in Jones County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Mattie Wells Elementary School welcomed the largest number of kindergarten students among county schools, registering 174 students during the 2022-23 school year.

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

Statewide, Jones County ranked 60th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 9,733 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 58th 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
Mattie Wells Elementary School	174	16.8%	1,036
Dames Ferry Elementary School	164	15.5%	1,058
Turner Woods Elementary School	160	14.5%	1,101
Gray Elementary School	146	15.4%	949