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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Donehoo Elementary School, Gadsden, AL

CEP schoolDonehoo Elementary School is a public elementary school in Gadsden, part of Gadsden City School District. It enrolled 225 students in 2024-25, with 18.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
225
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Students per teacher
18.8
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 0.9 higher than the district figure of 17.9. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.8
District17.9
Alabama17.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1109 E Broad St, Gadsden, AL 35903
Phone
(256)546-3604
District
Gadsden City School District
County
Etowah County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
010162000551
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
165
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
16573.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
165Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Gadsden City School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Gadsden

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.