Regular local school district · Jefferson County
Bessemer City School District, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Bessemer City School District runs 9 public schools with 3,012 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.4 students per teacher is 2.2 higher than the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Bessemer City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,012
- Teachers (FTE)
- 155
- Students per teacher
- 19.4
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1621 5th Ave N, Bessemer, AL 35020
- Phone
- (205)432-3000
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0100330
- State district ID
- AL-113
- Total staff (FTE)
- 322
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 274 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 22.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.4
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 (3,318), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $48.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.4 million
- State revenue
- $24.2 million
- Local revenue
- $13.5 million
- Total spending
- $44.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,505
- Salaries
- $22.8 million50.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $39.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 21.6%
- State: 50.3%
- Local: 28.1%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,505
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Bessemer City School District
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Abrams Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 231 | 16.5 |
| Bessemer Center For Technology | High | 9 to 12 | ||
| Bessemer City High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 760 | 21.7 |
| Bessemer City Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 616 | 20.5 |
| Charles F Hard Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 364 | 19.2 |
| Greenwood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 290 | 22.3 |
| Jonesboro Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 474 | 16.9 |
| New Horizon Alternative SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | ||
| Westhills Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 277 | 17.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jefferson County
- Jefferson County Public Schools 35,444 students
- Birmingham City School District 20,954 students
- Hoover City School District 13,632 students
- Vestavia Hills City School District 6,934 students
- Trussville City School District 5,005 students
- Homewood City School District 4,492 students
- Mountain Brook City School District 4,425 students
- Leeds City School District 2,271 students
- Fairfield City School District 1,348 students
- Tarrant City School District 1,308 students
- Midfield City School District 992 students
- i3 Academy 811 students
- Legacy Prep 536 students
- Empower Schools of Alabama 412 students
- Magic City Acceptance Academy 345 students
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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.