International Studies Elementary Charter School

Set in Albany, Georgia, International Studies Elementary Charter School is a modestly sized primary school, overseen by Dougherty County. It caters to 470 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 22% leaner than typical.

Dougherty County comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 13,241 students; International Studies Elementary Charter School is among them.

Looking at the student body, International Studies Elementary Charter School records that Black students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 4% White. That composition is broadly in line with Dougherty County as a whole.

On the resource side, International Studies Elementary Charter School shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 96% of students at International Studies Elementary Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, International Studies Elementary Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.6%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of +6.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dougherty County) shows that 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 International Studies Elementary Charter School is one.

The closest other public school is Dougherty Comprehensive High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), International Studies Elementary Charter School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 17.0%.

International Studies Elementary Charter School operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 10%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 470 in 2025.

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