Northside Elementary School

Located at 901 14th Ave, in Albany, Georgia, Northside Elementary School is a tight-knit primary school that teaches 381 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Dougherty County. Enrollment runs roughly 37% below the state mean of about 605.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northside Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (85%). The remainder breaks down as 6% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Northside Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Northside Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northside Elementary 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 13.1%, a residual of -12.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dougherty County put the typical household earns roughly $49,044 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Northside Elementary School is one of 22 public schools in Dougherty County (combined enrollment of about 13,241 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sherwood Acres Elementary School, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northside Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northside Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northside Elementary School has contracted 7%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 381 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Northside Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.