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Houston County

Dothan, Alabama · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

6,907
Students enrolled
16
Public schools
389
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.8:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 150
  • Kindergarten 521
  • Grade 1 535
  • Grade 2 480
  • Grade 3 508
  • Grade 4 513
  • Grade 5 487
  • Grade 6 500
  • Grade 7 505
  • Grade 8 555
  • Grade 9 581
  • Grade 10 518
  • Grade 11 536
  • Grade 12 518

By race/ethnicity

  • White 70%
  • Black or African American 16%
  • Hispanic/Latino 9%
  • Two or more races 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

56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,836 of 6,907 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 56%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

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

$11,679 spent per student on day-to-day operations Alabama median: $13,726 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,839
  • Support services $4,124
  • Other (food service, etc.) $716

Where the money comes from

  • Local 25%
  • State 60%
  • Federal 15%

Total revenue $102.2 milliontotal spending $99.0 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: DistantStudents: 96% rural, 4% city

Total staff (FTE)

732

District office

404 West Washington St, Dothan AL 36302

County

Houston County

Official website

NCES District ID

101770

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