Alexander High School

Set in Douglasville, Georgia, Alexander High School is a big senior high, run under Douglas County. It enrolls 1,830 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Alexander High School sits 63% bigger than that benchmark.

Douglas County runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 25,521 students. Alexander High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Alexander High School logs that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 34% Black, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Alexander High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Alexander High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Douglas County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Alexander High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.3%; this one comes in at 24.1%, -26.2 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Douglas County) reports that median household income runs about $82,984, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Douglas County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students), Alexander High School is one campus in the mix.

Bill Arp Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alexander High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alexander High School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alexander High School has decreased 3%, going from 1,891 students in 2018 to 1,830 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 57% to 39%.

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