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Phenix City

A public school district in Phenix City, Alabama, with 12 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

7,198
Students enrolled
424
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
727.9
All staff, full-time equivalent
$12,259
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 7,198 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,298th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 30th of 153 in Alabama. Larger than 92% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $12,259 in fiscal year 2023
More than 18% 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

Phenix City spent $12,259 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,141 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
Phenix City spent $12,259 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,141 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$12,259$88.5 million7,218
FY2022$11,818$86.4 million7,310
FY2021$10,071$73.2 million7,265
FY2020$9,145$68.1 million7,449
FY2019$9,294$66.4 million7,146
FY2018$8,888$63.3 million7,127
FY2017$8,916$62.7 million7,029
FY2016$8,572$60.4 million7,043
FY2015$8,594$60.1 million6,997
FY2014$8,562$59.5 million6,948
FY2013$8,182$55.8 million6,819
FY2012$7,933$53.2 million6,709
FY2011$8,401$54.5 million6,484
FY2010$8,709$54.0 million6,199
FY2009$8,750$52.7 million6,022
FY2008$9,177$53.3 million5,812
FY2007$8,410$47.1 million5,601
FY2006$7,639$40.8 million5,344
FY2005$7,141$37.1 million5,198

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Phenix City by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$20.6 million19.5%
State$62.8 million59.3%
Local$22.4 million21.2%
Total$105.8 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

12 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Phenix City
SchoolStudents
Central Freshman Academy513
Central High School1,579
Lakewood Elementary School455
Lakewood Primary School466
Meadowlane Elementary School155
Phenix City Elementary School683
Phenix City Intermediate School1,068
Ridgecrest Elementary School722
Sherwood Elementary School493
South Girard School501
Success Academy
Westview Elementary School563

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
0102700

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved