Albany Standard

There were 1,986 fourth grade students enrolled in Dougherty County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Live Oak Elementary School welcomed the largest number of fourth grade students among county schools, registering 221 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Live Oak Elementary School	221	14.9%	1,486
Sherwood Acres Elementary School	218	18.3%	1,191
Lake Park Elementary School	159	16.9%	940
Turner Elementary School	158	17.7%	891
Robert H. Harvey Elementary School	150	19.1%	787
International Studies Elementary Charter School	144	16.1%	894
Radium Springs Elementary School	141	17%	829
Lincoln Elementary Magnet School	137	16.1%	851
West Town Elementary School	118	19.3%	612
Alice Coachman Elementary School	115	14.9%	774
Morningside Elementary School	115	18.3%	627
Lamar Reese School of the Arts	113	16.1%	703
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School	110	15.3%	721
Northside Elementary School	87	14%	621