Regular local school district · Blount County
Blount County Public Schools, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Blount County Public Schools runs 17 public schools with 7,600 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.2 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Blount County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 7,600
- Teachers (FTE)
- 417
- Students per teacher
- 18.2
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 415 5th Avenue East, Oneonta, AL 35121
- Phone
- (205)775-1950
- County
- Blount County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0100420
- State district ID
- AL-005
- Total staff (FTE)
- 918
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 422 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 44.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.2
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 (7,756), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $87.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.4 million
- State revenue
- $58.8 million
- Local revenue
- $15.9 million
- Total spending
- $80.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,407
- Salaries
- $43.4 million53.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $21.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 67.4%
- Local: 18.3%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,407
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Blount County Public Schools
By level: 6 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary, 4 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Allgood Alternative School | Other | 2 to 12 | ||
| Appalachian SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 699 | 18.9 |
| Blount County Career Technical Center | High | 10 to 12 | ||
| Blount County Learning Center | Other | PK to 12 | ||
| Blountsville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 648 | 18.0 |
| Cleveland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 499 | 16.1 |
| Cleveland High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 389 | 19.4 |
| Hayden Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 4 | 298 | 21.3 |
| Hayden High SchoolCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 798 | 19.5 |
| Hayden Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 7 | 437 | 19.0 |
| Hayden Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 530 | 15.6 |
| JB Pennington High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 507 | 20.3 |
| Locust Fork ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 534 | 17.8 |
| Locust Fork High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 417 | 24.5 |
| Southeastern SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 822 | 18.7 |
| Susan Moore Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 582 | 18.8 |
| Susan Moore High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 440 | 18.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Blount County
- Oneonta City School District 1,380 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.