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Lee County

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

The district in 2024–25

9,026
Students enrolled
611.1
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,005.5
All staff, full-time equivalent
$12,566
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 9,026 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,013th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 18th of 153 in Alabama. Larger than 94% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $12,566 in fiscal year 2023
More than 21% 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

Lee County spent $12,566 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,393 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.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Lee County spent $12,566 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,393 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
FY2023$12,566$117.0 million9,312
FY2022$11,578$107.7 million9,303
FY2021$10,471$97.5 million9,310
FY2020$9,551$90.8 million9,508
FY2019$9,642$91.7 million9,514
FY2018$9,466$90.7 million9,586
FY2017$9,412$90.9 million9,653
FY2016$9,135$89.3 million9,771
FY2015$8,721$86.1 million9,876
FY2014$8,603$84.7 million9,847
FY2013$8,173$80.0 million9,793
FY2012$8,126$79.9 million9,828
FY2011$8,245$80.9 million9,810
FY2010$8,299$80.8 million9,738
FY2009$8,381$81.7 million9,742
FY2008$8,531$85.3 million10,002
FY2007$7,703$76.8 million9,967
FY2006$6,948$68.1 million9,806
FY2005$6,393$60.4 million9,455

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Lee County by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$21.4 million14.7%
State$78.5 million54.0%
Local$45.6 million31.3%
Total$145.5 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 Lee County
SchoolStudents
Beauregard Elementary School783
Beauregard High School533
Beulah Elementary School696
Beulah High School535
East Smiths Station Elementary School785
Lee County Learning Center
Loachapoka Elementary School332
Loachapoka High School277
Sanford Middle School533
Smith Station Freshman Center
Smiths Station High School1,588
Smiths Station Junior High School910
South Smiths Station Elementary School669
Wacoochee Elementary School574
West Smiths Station Elementary School811

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
0102070

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved