Regular local school district · Dougherty County
Dougherty County Public Schools, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
Dougherty County Public Schools runs 21 public schools with 12,910 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.6 students per teacher is 0.8 lower than the Georgia figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Dougherty County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 12,910
- Teachers (FTE)
- 950
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 200 Pine Avenue, Albany, GA 31701
- Phone
- (229)431-1285
- County
- Dougherty County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1301830
- State district ID
- GA-647
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,114
- School counselors (FTE)
- 34.0About 380 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 61.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.6
Georgia14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (13,323), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $207.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $43.3 million
- State revenue
- $96.2 million
- Local revenue
- $68.4 million
- Total spending
- $184.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,856
- Salaries
- $99.5 million53.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.8%
- State: 46.3%
- Local: 32.9%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,856
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in Dougherty County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 13 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Albany Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 792 | 15.5 |
| Alice Coachman Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 448 | 14.9 |
| Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,191 | 15.3 |
| International Studies Elementary Charter SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 470 | 13.1 |
| Lake Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 494 | 13.0 |
| Lamar Reese School of the ArtsCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 368 | 12.3 |
| Lincoln Elementary Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 404 | 15.5 |
| Live Oak Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 833 | 17.7 |
| Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 537 | 16.3 |
| Merry Acres Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 807 | 13.7 |
| Monroe High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,189 | 18.0 |
| Northside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 381 | 17.3 |
| Radium Springs Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 682 | 15.9 |
| Radium Springs Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 747 | 14.1 |
| Robert A. Cross Middle MagnetCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 478 | 13.7 |
| Robert H Harvey Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 431 | 13.5 |
| Sherwood Acres Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 630 | 15.0 |
| South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The PhoenixCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 73 | 14.6 |
| Turner Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 412 | 11.8 |
| West Town Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 309 | 12.4 |
| Westover High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,234 | 17.9 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.