Dougherty Comprehensive High School

Dougherty Comprehensive High School
Address
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1800 Pearce Ave.


United States
Coordinates31°34′02″N 84°06′06″W / 31.567274°N 84.101788°W / 31.567274; -84.101788
Information
TypePublic secondary
Motto"Dedicated to the Pursuit of Excellence"
Established1963
OversightDougherty County School System
PrincipalJerry Sanders
Teaching staff67.00 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,204[1] (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio17.97[1]
CampusOpen
Color(s)Maroon, silver and white
     [2]
MascotTrojan[2]
NicknameDCHS
AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools,[3] Georgia Accrediting Commission[4]
YearbookDohiscan
NetworkPartnership with Albany State University
WebsiteDougherty High School

Dougherty Comprehensive High School is a four-year secondary school located in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Dougherty County School System, along with Monroe Comprehensive High School and Westover Comprehensive High School. It was founded in 1963.

DCHS enrolls about 869 students. The student body is 94% African-American, 4% Caucasian, and 2% of other races.

DCHS is a Title I school, with approximately 86% economically disadvantaged students and 7% with disabilities.

Dougherty High is the first and only high school in the Dougherty County School System to be under the charter school system to implement the International Baccalaureate Program, starting in the 2008-2009 school year.

The school colors are maroon, silver and white. The school mascot is the Trojan.

  1. ^ a b c "Dougherty Comprehensive High School". School Directory Information. National Centrer for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Dougherty Comp High School". 2017-2018 GHSA Member School Directory. Georgia High School Association. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Find Accredited Institutions". Accredited Schools. Advance Education. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Public School Programs" (PDF). Member Schools. Georgia Accrediting Commission COMMISSION. p. 11. Retrieved 31 July 2018.