Regular local school district · Limestone County
Athens City School District, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Athens City School District runs 9 public schools with 5,405 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.2 students per teacher is 2.0 higher than the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Athens City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 5,405
- Teachers (FTE)
- 281
- Students per teacher
- 19.2
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 455 US Highway 31 North, Athens, AL 35611
- Phone
- (256)233-6600
- County
- Limestone County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0100120
- State district ID
- AL-107
- Total staff (FTE)
- 490
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 450 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 23.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.2
Alabama17.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,538), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $66.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.5 million
- State revenue
- $31.4 million
- Local revenue
- $28.4 million
- Total spending
- $53.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,726
- Salaries
- $26.5 million49.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $54.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.8%
- State: 47.4%
- Local: 42.8%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,726
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Athens City School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Athens Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 474 | 16.9 |
| Athens High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,278 | 17.0 |
| Athens Intermediate School | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 641 | 17.8 |
| Athens Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 935 | 19.5 |
| Athens Renaissance School | Other | K to 12 | 606 | 28.9 |
| Brookhill Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 380 | 18.1 |
| James L Cowart Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 332 | 16.6 |
| Julian Newman Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 409 | 17.8 |
| Renaissance Virtual School | Other | 4 to 12 | 350 | 43.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Limestone County
- Limestone County Public Schools 16,497 students
More in Alabama
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.