ATLANTA — Just weeks into the school year, over 23,000 students and staff are in quarantine at metro Atlanta schools.
Those numbers are just a fraction of how many students are likely quarantined: Only a select few districts release quarantine numbers.
The data includes positive cases as well as students/staff in quarantine. Each district has its own quarantine protocols, so the numbers are fluid.
Of those districts that do report quarantined students and staff, Fulton County Schools are reporting 6,233 students who are either quarantined or have tested positive. Gwinnett County, the largest school district in the state, has 2,337 students and staff in quarantine. Atlanta Public Schools has 2,035 students and staff in quarantine.
On Friday, Lamar County Schools announced they are shutting down for two weeks due to skyrocketing COVID-19 cases. Students will return to virtual learning until October.
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Here’s a breakdown of the numbers, as released by each school district in a weekly report. Schools in italics have not released their numbers from the week of Aug. 13.
QUARANTINES BY DISTRICT (* indicates the district does not report quarantine totals)
Atlanta Public Schools -- 2,035 (630 cases)
Barrow County Schools -- 111*
Buford City Schools -- 75*
Butts County Schools -- 391 (92 cases)
Carrollton City -- 179 (56 current cases)
Carroll County -- 144*
Cartersville City Schools -- 73*
Cherokee County -- 832*
Clayton County -- 295*
Cobb County -- 1,764*
Coweta County Schools -- 420*
Decatur City Schools -- 167 (23 cases)
DeKalb County -- 930* (since July 1)
Douglas County Schools -- 256*
Fayette County -- 1,003 (439 cases)
Forsyth County Schools -- 877*
Fulton County -- 6,223 (1,022 cases)
Gainesville City Schools -- 22*
Gwinnett County -- 2,337 (1,449 cases)
Griffin-Spalding County -- 857 (200 current cases)
Hall County Schools -- 1,366 (245 cases)
Henry County -- 1,235 (328 cases)
Marietta City -- 94*
Newton County -- 709 (246 cases)
Paulding County Schools -- 624*
Pickens County Schools -- 39*
Rockdale County -- 823 (210 cases)
Social Circle City Schools -- 21*
Walton County Schools -- 261*
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