Albany Standard

There were 50 Asian students enrolled in Dougherty County school in the 2022-23 school year, 16.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Dougherty County welcomed 12,675 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Dougherty County, Westover High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 13 students.

While enrollment in Georgia inches closer to pre-pandemic levels, chronic absenteeism remains a serious challenge. In 2023, a significant portion of students (23%) missed 10% or more of their classes. Although this is slightly better than the peak of 25% in 2022, it's still nearly double the pre-pandemic rate of 13% recorded in 2019.

School name	% of Asian Students	Total Asian Students	Total enrollment
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet	2%	10	528
Westover High School	1%	13	1,351
Live Oak Elementary School	1%	7	735
Sherwood Acres Elementary School	1%	6	605
Lake Park Elementary School	1%	4	469
International Studies Elementary Charter School	1%	4	447
Alice Coachman Elementary School	1%	3	387
Morningside Elementary School	1%	3	317
Dougherty Comprehensive High School	0%	0	1,181
Monroe High School	0%	0	1,064
Radium Springs Middle School	0%	0	894
Albany Middle School	0%	0	800
Merry Acres Middle School	0%	0	753
Turner Elementary School	0%	0	451
Lincoln Elementary Magnet School	0%	0	423
Radium Springs Elementary School	0%	0	415
Robert H Harvey Elementary School	0%	0	395
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School	0%	0	365
Lamar Reese School of the Arts	0%	0	349
Northside Elementary School	0%	0	317
West Town Elementary School	0%	0	300
South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The Phoenix	0%	0	129