Monroe High School

Monroe High School, a medium-sized secondary school in Albany, Georgia, run under Dougherty County, instructs 1,189 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Dougherty County comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 13,241 students; Monroe High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Monroe High School lists that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 71% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Monroe High School records 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Monroe High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dougherty County) logs that median household income runs about $49,044, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. In all, Dougherty County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,241 students), of which Monroe High School is one.

Alice Coachman Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Monroe High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monroe High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,189 students in 2018 compared to 1,189 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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