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Dougherty County

A public school district in Albany, Georgia, with 21 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

12,910
Students enrolled
950.4
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
2,114.7
All staff, full-time equivalent
$18,742
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 12,910 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 656th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 28th of 234 in Georgia. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $18,742 in fiscal year 2023
More than 68% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Dougherty County spent $18,742 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,200 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

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The figures

Dougherty County spent $18,742 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,200 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$18,742$244.5 million13,043
FY2022$16,262$212.2 million13,049
FY2021$13,566$180.7 million13,323
FY2020$13,007$180.6 million13,882
FY2019$12,360$174.7 million14,133
FY2018$11,371$165.4 million14,549
FY2017$10,734$160.4 million14,946
FY2016$10,793$164.0 million15,194
FY2015$11,319$173.3 million15,308
FY2014$10,447$163.6 million15,663
FY2013$9,404$148.7 million15,816
FY2012$9,395$149.8 million15,945
FY2011$9,344$148.6 million15,906
FY2010$9,483$153.0 million16,134
FY2009$9,652$156.6 million16,222
FY2008$10,089$165.8 million16,436
FY2007$9,351$154.5 million16,528
FY2006$8,802$146.7 million16,668
FY2005$8,200$138.5 million16,894

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Dougherty County by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$68.5 million25.8%
State$105.3 million39.6%
Local$91.9 million34.6%
Total$265.7 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

21 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Dougherty County
SchoolStudents
Albany Middle School792
Alice Coachman Elementary School448
Dougherty Comprehensive High School1,191
International Studies Elementary Charter School470
Lake Park Elementary School494
Lamar Reese School of the Arts368
Lincoln Elementary Magnet School404
Live Oak Elementary School833
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School537
Merry Acres Middle School807
Monroe High School1,189
Northside Elementary School381
Radium Springs Elementary School682
Radium Springs Middle School747
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet478
Robert H Harvey Elementary School431
Sherwood Acres Elementary School630
South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The Phoenix73
Turner Elementary School412
West Town Elementary School309
Westover High School1,234

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
1301830

Elsewhere

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