Albany Standard

There were 491 white students enrolled in Dougherty County school in the 2022-23 school year, 9.6% less 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, white students comprised 3.9% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Dougherty County, Lake Park Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 140 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 White Students	Total White Students	Total enrollment
Lake Park Elementary School	30%	140	469
Radium Springs Elementary School	9%	37	415
South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The Phoenix	9%	11	129
International Studies Elementary Charter School	6%	26	447
Westover High School	4%	54	1,351
Sherwood Acres Elementary School	4%	24	605
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet	4%	21	528
Northside Elementary School	4%	12	317
Morningside Elementary School	4%	12	317
Albany Middle School	3%	24	800
Merry Acres Middle School	3%	22	753
Live Oak Elementary School	3%	22	735
Alice Coachman Elementary School	3%	11	387
Dougherty Comprehensive High School	2%	23	1,181
Radium Springs Middle School	2%	17	894
Turner Elementary School	2%	9	451
Monroe High School	1%	10	1,064
Lincoln Elementary Magnet School	1%	4	423
Robert H Harvey Elementary School	1%	3	395
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School	1%	3	365
Lamar Reese School of the Arts	1%	3	349
West Town Elementary School	1%	3	300