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Limestone County

Athens, Alabama · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

16,497
Students enrolled
16
Public schools
523
Classroom teachers (FTE)
31.5:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 265
  • Kindergarten 938
  • Grade 1 909
  • Grade 2 998
  • Grade 3 1,086
  • Grade 4 978
  • Grade 5 1,056
  • Grade 6 1,107
  • Grade 7 1,271
  • Grade 8 1,473
  • Grade 9 1,514
  • Grade 10 1,703
  • Grade 11 1,708
  • Grade 12 1,491

By race/ethnicity

  • White 65%
  • Black or African American 17%
  • Hispanic/Latino 11%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Asian <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

58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 9,600 of 16,497 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 54%
  • Reduced-price lunch 4%

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

$9,711 spent per student on day-to-day operations Alabama median: $13,726 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,598
  • Support services $2,726
  • Other (food service, etc.) $387

Where the money comes from

  • Local 22%
  • State 67%
  • Federal 11%

Total revenue $203.9 milliontotal spending $174.4 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: Fringe

Total staff (FTE)

993

District office

300 S Jefferson St, Athens AL 35611

County

Limestone County

Official website

NCES District ID

102100

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About Limestone County

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

Welcome to the website of the Limestone County School District. The Limestone County Public School System is the home to over 8900 students and approximately 1100 employees. The six high schools; six middle schools; nine elementary schools; the Career Tech Center; the Ombudsman Center; and the Limestone County Alternative School offer top quality educational opportunities and experiences for every student in the district.
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