Dougherty Comprehensive High School is a four year secondary school located in Albany, Georgia. It is part of the Dougherty County School System along with Albany High School, Monroe Comprehensive High School and Westover Comprehensive High School. Dougherty High offers a variety of academic and career studies designed to encompass the abilities of all students. The administrators, faculty and staff of DCHS seek to educate the complete student. Classroom activities are designed so that students focus on upgrading their oral, written, listening, and speaking skills. Dougherty High was founded in 1963, is the second younger high school ahead of Westover High. Dougherty Comprehensive High School has about 869 students. The school's ethnic race percentage is 94% African-American, 4% Caucasian, and 2% other. DCHS is a Title I school, nearly about 86% economically disadvantaged students and about 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 (IBO) starting in the 2008-2009 school year.
The school colors are maroon and white. The school's mascot is Trojans.
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