Dougherty Comprehensive High School

Dougherty Comprehensive High School operates as an average-sized secondary school in Albany, Georgia, overseen by Dougherty County. Current enrollment sits at 1,191 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Across the 22 schools in Dougherty County (13,241 students total), Dougherty Comprehensive High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Dougherty Comprehensive High School reports that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest consists of 7% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Dougherty Comprehensive High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 25.0%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Dougherty County shows the typical household earns roughly $49,044 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dougherty County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,241 students), of which Dougherty Comprehensive High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The Phoenix, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dougherty Comprehensive High School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 18.2%.

Dougherty Comprehensive High School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 1,226 students in 2018 compared to 1,191 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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