Limestone County
A public school district in Athens, Alabama, with 16 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 16,497
- Students enrolled
- 523.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 993.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $9,240
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 16,497 in 2024–25
- Ranks 474th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 10th of 153 in Alabama. Larger than 97% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $9,240 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 2% 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
Limestone County spent $9,240 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,822 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
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $9,240 | $146.8 million | 15,887 |
| FY2022 | $8,021 | $124.4 million | 15,506 |
| FY2021 | $7,712 | $100.6 million | 13,041 |
| FY2020 | $8,474 | $93.6 million | 11,042 |
| FY2019 | $8,254 | $87.6 million | 10,612 |
| FY2018 | $8,614 | $83.2 million | 9,654 |
| FY2017 | $9,120 | $84.0 million | 9,209 |
| FY2016 | $9,795 | $86.1 million | 8,789 |
| FY2015 | $9,365 | $83.2 million | 8,884 |
| FY2014 | $8,860 | $79.5 million | 8,971 |
| FY2013 | $8,289 | $74.2 million | 8,948 |
| FY2012 | $8,001 | $71.4 million | 8,921 |
| FY2011 | $8,351 | $73.4 million | 8,793 |
| FY2010 | $8,597 | $75.1 million | 8,734 |
| FY2009 | $8,457 | $73.6 million | 8,702 |
| FY2008 | $8,906 | $76.2 million | 8,556 |
| FY2007 | $8,168 | $69.2 million | 8,477 |
| FY2006 | $7,584 | $63.2 million | 8,339 |
| FY2005 | $6,822 | $55.8 million | 8,180 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $19.0 million | 9.7% |
| State | $131.6 million | 67.4% |
| Local | $44.5 million | 22.8% |
| Total | $195.1 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
16 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- 0102100
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 25, 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 2023
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 2023.
Data retrieved