Westover High School

Set in Albany, Georgia, Westover High School is a medium-sized senior high, one of the schools within Dougherty County. It enrolls 1,234 students across grades 9 through 12.

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

Demographically, Westover High School lists that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Dougherty County as a whole is about 71% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Westover High School shows 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at Westover High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dougherty County runs at roughly 98%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Westover High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 33.3%, a residual of +1.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Dougherty County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,044 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Dougherty County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,241 students), Westover High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lake Park Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westover High School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 31.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 1,396 students in 2018 compared to 1,234 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 10% to 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Westover High School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.