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Etowah County

Gadsden, Alabama · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

8,739
Students enrolled
24
Public schools
502
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.4:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 282
  • Kindergarten 714
  • Grade 1 685
  • Grade 2 720
  • Grade 3 651
  • Grade 4 638
  • Grade 5 651
  • Grade 6 592
  • Grade 7 632
  • Grade 8 646
  • Grade 9 656
  • Grade 10 664
  • Grade 11 593
  • Grade 12 615

By race/ethnicity

  • White 83%
  • Hispanic/Latino 6%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Black or African American 4%
  • 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

48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 4,225 of 8,738 students in the 21 of its 22 schools that report
  • Free lunch 48%
  • 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

$11,938 spent per student on day-to-day operations Alabama median: $13,726 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,650
  • Support services $4,218
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,071

Where the money comes from

  • Local 19%
  • State 65%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $126.3 milliontotal spending $113.5 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: FringeStudents: 62% rural, 27% suburb, 11% town

Total staff (FTE)

1,103

District office

401 Broad Street, Gadsden AL 35901

County

Etowah County

Official website

NCES District ID

101380

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About Etowah County

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

The mission of Etowah County Board of Education, a progressive school system which takes pride in achieving excellence, is to provide a diverse and challenging program that includes academic, career technical, fine arts, and extra-curricular activities and which prepares its students to be leaders ready to contribute responsibly in a global, technological society through quality instruction and maximum use of resources within a safe environment
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Public Schools in Etowah County (25)

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Southside High School

Southside, AL · Grades 09–12 · 825 students · High

John S Jones Elementary School

Rainbow City, AL · Grades PK–05 · 745 students · Elementary

Rainbow Middle School

Rainbow City, AL · Grades 06–08 · 634 students · Middle

Hokes Bluff Elementary School

Hokes Bluff, AL · Grades PK–05 · 610 students · Elementary

Southside Elementary School

Southside, AL · Grades PK–05 · 585 students · Elementary

Sardis High School

Sardis City, AL · Grades 09–12 · 546 students · High

Whitesboro Elementary School

Boaz, AL · Grades PK–05 · 423 students · Elementary

Glencoe Elementary School

Glencoe, AL · Grades PK–04 · 397 students · Elementary

West End Elementary School

Altoona, AL · Grades PK–06 · 390 students · Elementary

Sardis Middle School

Sardis City, AL · Grades 06–08 · 381 students · Middle

Gaston High School

Gadsden, AL · Grades 07–12 · 380 students · High

Hokes Bluff High School

Hokes Bluff, AL · Grades 09–12 · 371 students · High

West End High School

Walnut Grove, AL · Grades 07–12 · 370 students · High

Carlisle Elementary School

Boaz, AL · Grades PK–05 · 343 students · Elementary

Glencoe High School

Glencoe, AL · Grades 09–12 · 300 students · High

Gaston Elementary School

Gadsden, AL · Grades PK–06 · 290 students · Elementary

Glencoe Middle School

Glencoe, AL · Grades 05–08 · 272 students · Middle

Hokes Bluff Middle School

Hokes Bluff, AL · Grades 06–08 · 253 students · Middle

Highland Elementary School

Gadsden, AL · Grades PK–06 · 216 students · Elementary

Duck Springs Elementary School

Attalla, AL · Grades PK–06 · 207 students · Elementary

Ivalee Elementary School

Attalla, AL · Grades PK–06 · 200 students · Elementary

Etowah County Special Education Learning Center

Gadsden, AL · Grades PK–PK · 1 students · Prekindergarten

Career Technical Center

Attalla, AL · Grades 09–12 · High

ETOWAH CO ALT HIGH SCH

Gadsden, AL