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Fort Payne City
A public school district in Fort Payne, Alabama, with 5 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,508
- Students enrolled
- 226.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 377.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,328
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,508 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,789th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 56th of 153 in Alabama. Larger than 84% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,328 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 11% 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
Fort Payne City spent $11,964 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $6,418 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
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $11,964 | $42.5 million | 3,550 |
| FY2023 | $11,328 | $39.8 million | 3,515 |
| FY2022 | $10,433 | $36.5 million | 3,498 |
| FY2021 | $9,937 | $34.6 million | 3,482 |
| FY2020 | $9,106 | $30.8 million | 3,385 |
| FY2019 | $8,825 | $28.7 million | 3,249 |
| FY2018 | $8,391 | $27.4 million | 3,270 |
| FY2017 | $8,339 | $26.9 million | 3,221 |
| FY2016 | $8,223 | $26.4 million | 3,205 |
| FY2015 | $7,961 | $25.2 million | 3,168 |
| FY2014 | $8,303 | $25.5 million | 3,070 |
| FY2013 | $7,965 | $24.5 million | 3,076 |
| FY2012 | $7,863 | $24.3 million | 3,096 |
| FY2011 | $7,502 | $23.2 million | 3,098 |
| FY2010 | $7,822 | $23.3 million | 2,981 |
| FY2009 | $7,959 | $23.6 million | 2,968 |
| FY2008 | $8,357 | $24.2 million | 2,899 |
| FY2007 | $7,165 | $20.6 million | 2,877 |
| FY2006 | $6,687 | $18.9 million | 2,820 |
| FY2005 | $6,418 | $17.4 million | 2,713 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $8.6 million | 16.6% |
| State | $28.7 million | 55.5% |
| Local | $14.4 million | 27.8% |
| Total | $51.7 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
5 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Fort Payne High School | 1,106 |
| Fort Payne Middle School | 741 |
| Little Ridge Intermediate School | 792 |
| Williams Avenue Elementary School | 131 |
| Wills Valley Elementary School | 738 |
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
- 0101560
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Alabama — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Alabama — A to Z, each with its page.
- Alabama on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
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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