Albany Standard

There were 1,671 11th grade students enrolled in Dougherty County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Westover High School welcomed the largest number of 11th grade students among county schools, registering 668 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 11th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Westover High School	668	24.6%	2,711
Dougherty Comprehensive High School	534	22.4%	2,386
Monroe High School	469	21.9%	2,142
South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- the Phoenix	0	0%	155