Albany Standard

There were 2,059 kindergarten students enrolled in Dougherty County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Live Oak Elementary School welcomed the largest number of kindergarten students among county schools, registering 256 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Dougherty County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 12th grade.

Statewide, Dougherty County ranked 33rd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 25,343 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 33rd the year before.

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	# of Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Live Oak Elementary School	256	17.2%	1,486
Sherwood Acres Elementary School	235	19.7%	1,191
Lincoln Elementary Magnet School	175	20.6%	851
Turner Elementary School	159	17.8%	891
Lake Park Elementary School	156	16.6%	940
International Studies Elementary Charter School	152	17%	894
Lamar Reese School of the Arts	129	18.3%	703
Robert H. Harvey Elementary School	127	16.1%	787
Alice Coachman Elementary School	125	16.1%	774
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School	123	17.1%	721
Radium Springs Elementary School	123	14.8%	829
Morningside Elementary School	119	19%	627
Northside Elementary School	91	14.7%	621
West Town Elementary School	89	14.5%	612