The football team has reached the state finals once (1975), and has sent numerous athletes to college on scholarships.

Since 1993, the school has been a participant in the Stock Market Game, sponsored by the Georgia Council on Economic Education.

Team Coach and Sponsor Jill Dockett Beracki is a graduate of the high school.

On May 7, 2010, Douglass' team, led by captain Brandon Dykes, won the National Championship sponsored by the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education.

The five-member team, Beracki, and Dr. Martin of the Georgia Council on Economic Education were flown to Washington, D.C. to attend an awards ceremony at the Capitol.

They have been highly televised and voted the #1 band in the Atlanta Public School District in the 2017-18 season.

The Douglass Deadly Drummers won a drumline competition against Osborne High School on September 17, 2011.

They also marched in two Mardi Gras parades (Thoth & Rex) thanks to tuba section leader Stephon Wheeler who reached out to artist and alumni Killer Mike, Lil Jon and T.I who all contributed funds and helped fundraise for the trip.

“Where there is no struggle, there is no progress” Band director Micah Wynn along with Stephon and drum major Joshua Koonce were interviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WGCL-TV (cbs 46) making the public aware of their efforts to get the band to New Orleans.