Dougherty County
Public school district based in Albany, Georgia. NCES district ID 1301830; state ID GA-647.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
21
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
12,910
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
860.5
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
15.0
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 528 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,023 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,033 | |
| Grade 2 | 964 | |
| Grade 3 | 984 | |
| Grade 4 | 910 | |
| Grade 5 | 957 | |
| Grade 6 | 915 | |
| Grade 7 | 931 | |
| Grade 8 | 991 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,053 | |
| Grade 10 | 998 | |
| Grade 11 | 888 | |
| Grade 12 | 735 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 0.5% | |
| Black or African American | 89.6% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 4.5% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 2.1% | |
| White | 3.3% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 49.1% | |
| Male | 50.9% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 15, Suburb 2, Rural 4.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westover High School Albany | 9–12 | Regular | 1,234 | 69.8 | 17.7 | City: Small |
| Dougherty Comprehensive High School Albany | 9–12 | Regular | 1,191 | 78.3 | 15.2 | City: Small |
| Monroe High School Albany | 9–12 | Regular | 1,189 | 66.8 | 17.8 | City: Small |
| Live Oak Elementary School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 833 | 47.0 | 17.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| Merry Acres Middle School Albany | 6–8 | Regular | 807 | 59.1 | 13.7 | City: Small |
| Albany Middle School Albany | 6–8 | Regular | 792 | 51.0 | 15.5 | City: Small |
| Radium Springs Middle School Albany | 6–8 | Regular | 747 | 53.4 | 14 | Rural: Fringe |
| Radium Springs Elementary School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 682 | 43.0 | 15.9 | Suburb: Small |
| Sherwood Acres Elementary School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 630 | 42.1 | 15 | City: Small |
| Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 537 | 33.0 | 16.3 | Rural: Fringe |
| Lake Park Elementary School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 494 | 38.0 | 13 | City: Small |
| Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet Albany | 6–8 | Regular | 478 | 35.4 | 13.5 | Suburb: Small |
| International Studies Elementary Charter School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 470 | 36.0 | 13.1 | City: Small |
| Alice Coachman Elementary School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 448 | 30.0 | 14.9 | City: Small |
| Robert H Harvey Elementary School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 431 | 32.4 | 13.3 | City: Small |
| Turner Elementary School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 412 | 35.4 | 11.6 | City: Small |
| Lincoln Elementary Magnet School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 404 | 26.9 | 15 | City: Small |
| Northside Elementary School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 381 | 22.0 | 17.3 | City: Small |
| Lamar Reese School of the Arts Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 368 | 30.0 | 12.3 | Rural: Fringe |
| West Town Elementary School Albany | PK–5 | Regular | 309 | 25.4 | 12.2 | City: Small |
| South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The Phoenix Albany | 6–12 | Regular | 73 | 5.5 | 13.3 | City: Small |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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