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Athens City

A public school district in Athens, Alabama, with 9 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

5,405
Students enrolled
281.9
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
490.7
All staff, full-time equivalent
$11,561
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 5,405 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 1,775th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 39th of 153 in Alabama. Larger than 90% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $11,561 in fiscal year 2023
More than 13% 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

Athens City spent $11,710 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $8,300 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.

Source: NCES

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The figures

Athens City spent $11,710 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $8,300 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
FY2024$11,710$58.9 million5,034
FY2023$11,561$56.0 million4,840
FY2022$10,655$51.0 million4,788
FY2021$9,915$45.0 million4,538
FY2020$10,289$46.4 million4,505
FY2019$10,487$44.9 million4,284
FY2018$9,271$41.9 million4,524
FY2017$8,275$42.2 million5,101
FY2016$9,532$37.5 million3,933
FY2015$10,504$35.9 million3,420
FY2014$10,431$34.2 million3,279
FY2013$10,226$32.8 million3,205
FY2012$9,634$30.8 million3,201
FY2011$9,764$30.9 million3,161
FY2010$10,027$31.3 million3,122
FY2009$10,041$30.8 million3,071
FY2008$10,660$31.8 million2,985
FY2007$9,752$28.0 million2,873
FY2006$8,862$25.4 million2,861
FY2005$8,300$22.9 million2,758

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Athens City by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$7.3 million9.1%
State$38.0 million47.4%
Local$34.9 million43.5%
Total$80.2 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

9 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Athens City
SchoolStudents
Athens Elementary School474
Athens High School1,278
Athens Intermediate School641
Athens Middle School935
Athens Renaissance School606
Brookhill Elementary School380
James L Cowart Elementary School332
Julian Newman Elementary School409
Renaissance Virtual School350

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
0100120

Elsewhere

Sources

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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