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Gadsden City

A public school district in Gadsden, Alabama, with 15 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

4,940
Students enrolled
276.7
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
492
All staff, full-time equivalent
$13,509
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 4,940 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 1,953rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 43rd of 153 in Alabama. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $13,509 in fiscal year 2023
More than 30% 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

Gadsden City spent $14,326 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,411 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: The College Scorecard

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The figures

Gadsden City spent $14,326 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,411 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$14,326$69.8 million4,872
FY2023$13,509$66.7 million4,939
FY2022$12,669$61.5 million4,858
FY2021$11,491$55.7 million4,845
FY2020$10,423$53.1 million5,098
FY2019$10,111$52.5 million5,194
FY2018$9,734$50.6 million5,200
FY2017$9,730$50.4 million5,181
FY2016$9,590$50.1 million5,226
FY2015$9,186$48.9 million5,319
FY2014$9,044$48.3 million5,345
FY2013$8,416$46.2 million5,491
FY2012$8,272$45.4 million5,487
FY2011$8,427$46.5 million5,516
FY2010$8,709$48.2 million5,529
FY2009$8,851$48.5 million5,480
FY2008$9,508$51.6 million5,429
FY2007$8,777$47.8 million5,448
FY2006$8,287$44.3 million5,341
FY2005$7,411$39.5 million5,333

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Gadsden City by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$21.1 million28.0%
State$39.3 million52.3%
Local$14.8 million19.7%
Total$75.2 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

15 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Gadsden City
SchoolStudents
Adams Elementary School433
C I T Y Program
Donehoo Elementary School225
Downtown Educational Center
Eura Brown Elementary School340
Floyd Elementary School384
Gadsden City High School1,361
Gadsden Middle School438
Litchfield Middle School252
Mitchell Elementary School262
Sansom Middle School339
Therapeutic Academic Program
Thompson Elementary School288
W E Striplin Elementary School400
Walnut Park Elementary School218

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
0101620

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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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