School district · Georgia

Dougherty County School District

Part of Southwest Georgia RESA. Overview, assessment, demographics, attendance and discipline from public state and federal files, each figure shown with its source and year.

14K
Enrollment
25.9%
Chronically absent %
89.63%
4-yr grad %
County system
System type
21
Schools listed

Overview

14,341
Enrollment
25.9%
Chronic absenteeism
89.63%
Four-year graduation rate
98.0%
Economically disadvantaged

Assessment

41.4%
Beginning Learner — EOG grades 3–8 — English Language Arts
29.2%
Beginning Learner — EOG grades 3–8 — Mathematics
41.4%
Beginning Learner — EOC — American Literature and Composition
32.3%
Beginning Learner — EOC — Algebra: Concepts and Connections

Demographics

98.0%
Economically disadvantaged
13.0%
Students with disabilities
3.0%
English learners
6.1%
Gifted

Attendance

25.9%
Chronic absenteeism
28.6%
Chronic absenteeism — Students with disabilities
25.5%
Chronic absenteeism — Students without disabilities

Discipline

6.7%
In-school suspension
11.3%
Out-of-school suspension
0.0%
Expulsion

Schools in this district

Every school Georgia publishes for this district, grouped by the grades it serves. Columns differ by band because the published measures do: a graduation rate for high schools, third-grade reading for elementary. All 21 schools as published — nothing averaged or estimated.

21 schools
Elementary schools 13
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantagedGr 3 readingELA BeginningMath Beginning
Alice Coachman Elementary SchoolPK-0546572.720.6%2.7%100.0%9.9%57.0%37.9%
International Studies Elementary Charter SchoolKK-0548171.17.9%0.0%96.0%33.3%27.8%16.6%
Lake Park Elementary SchoolPK-0549369.010.3%3.6%85.0%46.3%22.3%21.0%
Lamar Reese School of the ArtsKK-0537584.37.5%0.5%100.0%52.6%18.4%14.5%
Lincoln Elementary Magnet SchoolPK-0540989.2Suppressed0.0%100.0%57.8%7.2%3.3%
Live Oak Elementary SchoolPK-0581273.520.0%4.6%100.0%28.0%40.6%31.2%
Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary SchoolPK-0553769.332.6%6.5%100.0%15.0%55.8%36.1%
Northside Elementary SchoolPK-0540965.931.5%3.6%100.0%23.9%55.6%45.7%
Radium Springs Elementary SchoolPK-0574051.130.3%0.8%100.0%16.5%56.0%45.0%
Robert H Harvey Elementary SchoolPK-0543879.413.4%8.7%100.0%26.7%43.7%19.0%
Sherwood Acres Elementary SchoolPK-0564770.013.9%1.7%100.0%25.8%33.8%23.9%
Turner Elementary SchoolPK-0541576.634.6%0.7%100.0%19.4%49.1%38.4%
West Town Elementary SchoolPK-0530866.113.6%2.0%100.0%18.4%42.9%34.3%
Middle schools 4
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantagedGr 8 readingELA BeginningMath Beginning
Albany Middle School06-0886164.632.1%27.4%100.0%31.4%50.8%33.0%
Merry Acres Middle School06-0889172.926.2%19.9%100.0%39.1%44.3%28.6%
Radium Springs Middle School06-0883663.334.1%30.7%100.0%28.2%59.1%44.9%
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet06-0848998.76.5%2.0%96.0%89.4%0.4%0.4%
High schools 3
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantaged4-yr grad %Am Lit BeginningAlgebra Beginning
Dougherty Comprehensive High School09-121,28365.042.9%22.8%100.0%88.49%47.0%29.7%
Monroe High School09-121,27768.035.6%18.0%100.0%88.72%47.2%41.6%
Westover High School09-121,29876.023.9%15.1%88.0%95.10%27.3%26.0%
Schools serving multiple bands 1
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantagedELA BeginningMath Beginning
South Georgia Regional Achievement Center, The Phoenix06-12238Not reported72.3%5.9%100.0%89.7%70.3%

How Dougherty County compares

36 districts of comparable size statewide — Southwest Georgia RESA has too few for a useful comparison

Regional peers
36 districts of comparable size statewide — Southwest Georgia RESA has too few for a useful comparison
Reported values · 2024-25

This region has too few similarly-sized districts for a useful comparison, so the set has been widened to comparable districts statewide.

EnrollmentDougherty County: 14,341
7,87928,550
Chronic absenteeismDougherty County: 25.9%
9.3%31.0%
Four-year graduation rateDougherty County: 89.63%
81.92%99.71%
Dougherty County Comparison district Median Middle 50%

Neighboring districts

Geographic neighbors, which may sit in other regions.

Sources & vintage

Every value on this page is drawn from public state and federal collections. Suppressed small cells are flagged, never imputed. Every figure here is a published value, reproduced as-is.