Albany Standard

Westover High School had the highest enrollment among Dougherty County schools, welcoming 1,351 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50% of them were male, and 50% were female.

Data also showed that most of the students were Black, representing 91% of the Westover High School total enrollment.

Among the 22 schools in Dougherty County, Dougherty Comprehensive High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,181 students, while Monroe High School welcomed 1,064 students to be ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Westover High School is part of Dougherty County School District, which generally encompasses schools within Dougherty County, with its main office in Albany.

In the previous school year, Westover High School also had the highest number of students among Dougherty County schools.

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	City	Total School Enrollment
Westover High School	Albany	1,351
Dougherty Comprehensive High School	Albany	1,181
Monroe High School	Albany	1,064
Radium Springs Middle School	Albany	894
Albany Middle School	Albany	800
Merry Acres Middle School	Albany	753
Live Oak Elementary School	Albany	735
Sherwood Acres Elementary School	Albany	605
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet	Albany	528
Lake Park Elementary School	Albany	469
Turner Elementary School	Albany	451
International Studies Elementary Charter School	Albany	447
Lincoln Elementary Magnet School	Albany	423
Radium Springs Elementary School	Albany	415
Robert H. Harvey Elementary School	Albany	395
Alice Coachman Elementary School	Albany	387
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School	Albany	365
Lamar Reese School of the Arts	Albany	349
Morningside Elementary School	Albany	317
Northside Elementary School	Albany	317
West Town Elementary School	Albany	300
South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- the Phoenix	Albany	129