Albany Standard

There were 1,998 eighth grade students enrolled in Dougherty County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Radium Springs Middle School welcomed the largest number of eighth grade students among county schools, registering 606 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Radium Springs Middle School	606	33.4%	1,813
Albany Middle School	545	33.4%	1,634
Merry Acres Middle School	481	31.7%	1,518
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet	327	30.9%	1,057
South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- the Phoenix	39	25.2%	155