Mobile County
A public school district in Mobile, Alabama, with 92 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 49,946
- Students enrolled
- 2,826.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 5,845.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,245
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 49,946 in 2024–25
- Ranks 88th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 153 in Alabama. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,245 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 28% 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
Mobile County spent $13,245 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,117 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 | $13,245 | $688.5 million | 51,979 |
| FY2022 | $12,163 | $639.9 million | 52,614 |
| FY2021 | $10,755 | $564.2 million | 52,460 |
| FY2020 | $10,048 | $542.0 million | 53,941 |
| FY2019 | $9,972 | $538.2 million | 53,967 |
| FY2018 | $9,502 | $525.2 million | 55,272 |
| FY2017 | $9,380 | $531.2 million | 56,628 |
| FY2016 | $9,037 | $520.3 million | 57,581 |
| FY2015 | $9,015 | $522.0 million | 57,910 |
| FY2014 | $8,884 | $522.5 million | 58,808 |
| FY2013 | $8,927 | $523.3 million | 58,625 |
| FY2012 | $8,498 | $522.3 million | 61,462 |
| FY2011 | $8,749 | $542.6 million | 62,016 |
| FY2010 | $8,720 | $547.3 million | 62,767 |
| FY2009 | $8,837 | $552.6 million | 62,531 |
| FY2008 | $9,059 | $583.2 million | 64,375 |
| FY2007 | $8,417 | $547.9 million | 65,097 |
| FY2006 | $7,630 | $500.8 million | 65,643 |
| FY2005 | $7,117 | $455.4 million | 63,987 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $189.3 million | 23.9% |
| State | $394.2 million | 49.7% |
| Local | $209.7 million | 26.4% |
| Total | $793.2 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
92 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
- 0102370
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