Albany Standard

There were 502 Hispanic students enrolled in Dougherty County school in the 2022-23 school year, 13.6% 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, Hispanic students comprised 4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Dougherty County, International Studies Elementary Charter School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 89 students.

As of 2024, Georgia has an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. The state has its best student-to-teacher ratio of 14:1 in pre-kindergarten and middle school grades, while high school has an average ratio of 17:1.

School name	% of Hispanic Students	Total Hispanic Students	Total enrollment
International Studies Elementary Charter School	20%	89	447
Radium Springs Elementary School	11%	45	415
Sherwood Acres Elementary School	7%	42	605
Turner Elementary School	7%	31	451
Dougherty Comprehensive High School	5%	59	1,181
Radium Springs Middle School	5%	44	894
Live Oak Elementary School	4%	29	735
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet	4%	21	528
Westover High School	3%	40	1,351
Monroe High School	3%	31	1,064
Lake Park Elementary School	3%	14	469
Morningside Elementary School	3%	9	317
Albany Middle School	2%	16	800
Merry Acres Middle School	2%	15	753
Alice Coachman Elementary School	2%	7	387
Lincoln Elementary Magnet School	1%	4	423
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School	1%	3	365
Northside Elementary School	1%	3	317
Robert H Harvey Elementary School	0%	0	395
Lamar Reese School of the Arts	0%	0	349
West Town Elementary School	0%	0	300
South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The Phoenix	0%	0	129