Rome Reporter

There were 7,525 students enrolled in Polk County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 50.2% of the county's student body, while the other 49.8% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 54.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Polk County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 25%, 13% African American students, 6.2% multiracial students and 0.2% Asian students.

Cedartown High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Polk County's 11 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,452 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Cedartown High School	1,353	1,452	7.3%
Cedartown Middle School	1,081	1,034	-4.3%
Rockmart High School	928	950	2.4%
Rockmart Middle School	752	711	-5.5%
Eastside Elementary School	678	690	1.8%
Van Wert Elementary School	619	630	1.8%
Cherokee Elementary School	557	556	-0.2%
Westside Elementary School	522	543	4%
Northside Elementary School	485	476	-1.9%
Youngs Grove Elementary School	476	459	-3.6%
Harpst Academy	32	24	-25%