Dougherty County Education: 237 multiracial students were enrolled in 2022-23 school year

GA Superintendent of Education Richard Woods 2023 | Georgia Department of Education

By Albany Standard

Jan 16, 2025

There were 237 multiracial students enrolled in Dougherty County school in the 2022-23 school year, 10.2% 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, multiracial students comprised 1.9% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Dougherty County, Westover High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 27 students.

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.

Ethnicities in Dougherty County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Dougherty County During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Multiracial Students	Total Multiracial Students	Total enrollment
Morningside Elementary School	6%	19	317
Lake Park Elementary School	4%	18	469
Northside Elementary School	4%	12	317
South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The Phoenix	4%	5	129
Merry Acres Middle School	3%	22	753
Live Oak Elementary School	3%	22	735
Sherwood Acres Elementary School	3%	18	605
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School	3%	10	365
Westover High School	2%	27	1,351
Dougherty Comprehensive High School	2%	23	1,181
Radium Springs Middle School	2%	17	894
Radium Springs Elementary School	2%	8	415
Monroe High School	1%	10	1,064
Albany Middle School	1%	8	800
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet	1%	5	528
Lincoln Elementary Magnet School	1%	4	423
Robert H Harvey Elementary School	1%	3	395
Alice Coachman Elementary School	1%	3	387
West Town Elementary School	1%	3	300
Turner Elementary School	0%	0	451
International Studies Elementary Charter School	0%	0	447
Lamar Reese School of the Arts	0%	0	349