The Georgia Department of Public Health has required schools to report known cases of the coronavirus among students and staff since late August.
The state agency collects the numbers weekly, and schools are required to provide case numbers to the health department even if all students are learning virtually.
The health department does not release the information publicly. Instead, the agency has left it up to individual school districts to determine if and how they will release COVID-19 case numbers.
Metro Atlanta districts each have adopted their own practices for releasing the numbers, with some providing updates more regularly than others.
Atlanta Public Schools
- Cases reported week ending March 27-April 2: 10 staff, 21 students
- Cases reported from Aug. 28-March 26: 317 staff, 356 students
- Total cases reported: 673
- Total number of students in system: 51,012
- Note: APS held online-only classes the first semester.
Clayton County Public Schools
- Cases reported March 26: 3 staff, 1 students
- Cases reported since July: 401 staff, 51 students
- Total reported cases: 452
- Note: Clayton has held online-classes since the school year began
- Total number of students in system: 55,000
Cobb County Public Schools
- Total cases reported from July 1 to April 2: 4,649
DeKalb County Public Schools
- Cases reported from July 1 to March March 25: 754 staff, 238 students
-Total cases from July 1 to March 25: 971
- Total number of students in system: 93,000
Fayette County Public Schools
- Cases reported March 20-26: 4 staff, 21 students
- Total cases reported since August: 196 staff, 572 students
- Total cases: 768
- Total number of students in system: 14,550
Fulton County Public Schools
- Cases reported March 29 - April 1: 55
- Total cases reported since August: 2,8,46
- Note: Fulton does not break down the cases between staff and students
- Total number of students in system: 90,300
Gwinnett County Public Schools
- Cases reported April 13: 3 staff, 15 students
- COVID-19 cases reported since August: 1,786 staff; 3,221 students
- Total cases reported since August: 5,007
- Total number of students in system: 177,401
Statewide, K-12 schools
-Cases reported Aug. 28 through Dec. 4: 6,100 employee cases, 11,273 student COVID-19 cases
Note: This file is updated regularly. Ben Brasch, Kristal Dixon, Alia Malik, Wilborn Nobles and Leon Stafford contributed to this report.