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Lamar County

Vernon, Alabama · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,129
Students enrolled
5
Public schools
134
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.9:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 55
  • Kindergarten 162
  • Grade 1 160
  • Grade 2 148
  • Grade 3 170
  • Grade 4 154
  • Grade 5 157
  • Grade 6 167
  • Grade 7 163
  • Grade 8 154
  • Grade 9 165
  • Grade 10 160
  • Grade 11 160
  • Grade 12 154

By race/ethnicity

  • White 84%
  • Black or African American 10%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Hispanic/Latino 2%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <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

53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,123 of 2,129 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 53%
  • 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

$12,732 spent per student on day-to-day operations Alabama median: $13,726 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,570
  • Support services $5,055
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,107

Where the money comes from

  • Local 17%
  • State 64%
  • Federal 19%

Total revenue $37.5 milliontotal spending $34.8 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: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

221

District office

150 Butler Cir, Vernon AL 35592

County

Lamar County

Official website

NCES District ID

101950

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About Lamar County

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

The mission of Lamar County School System is to ensure the development of healthy and self-reliant individuals, reaching their fullest potential and contributing to their society. We will accomplish our mission through schools which have comprehensive, challenging curricula and competent, dedicated teachers, working and learning together in a comfortable, clean, and safe environment.
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