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Dale County

Ozark, Alabama · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

3,376
Students enrolled
9
Public schools
181
Classroom teachers (FTE)
18.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 69
  • Kindergarten 270
  • Grade 1 287
  • Grade 2 285
  • Grade 3 246
  • Grade 4 253
  • Grade 5 261
  • Grade 6 250
  • Grade 7 282
  • Grade 8 248
  • Grade 9 240
  • Grade 10 271
  • Grade 11 211
  • Grade 12 203

By race/ethnicity

  • White 68%
  • Black or African American 20%
  • Hispanic/Latino 6%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,839 of 3,376 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 54%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$12,568 spent per student on day-to-day operations Alabama median: $13,726 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,427
  • Support services $4,267
  • Other (food service, etc.) $875

Where the money comes from

  • Local 20%
  • State 64%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $56.4 milliontotal spending $49.7 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

344

District office

202 S Hwy 123 Suite E, Ozark AL 36360

County

Dale County

Official website

NCES District ID

101050

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About Dale County

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

MISSION STATEMENT: Based on the belief that children are our most valuable resource, the mission of the Dale County schools is to develop self-motivated, responsible students who exhibit positive self-esteem along with the personal, economic, and social skills needed in order to be productive members of society. The system will accomplish this by providing a dedicated, knowledgeable, and student-centered staff whose main objective is to ensure a safe, positive, educational environment with high academic standards.
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