Regular local school district · Etowah County
Etowah County Public Schools, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Etowah County Public Schools runs 24 public schools with 8,739 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Etowah County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 24
- Students
- 8,739
- Teachers (FTE)
- 501
- Students per teacher
- 17.4
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 401 Broad Street, Gadsden, AL 35901
- Phone
- (256)549-7560
- County
- Etowah County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0101380
- State district ID
- AL-028
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,102
- School counselors (FTE)
- 24.0About 364 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 70.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.4
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 (8,504), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $98.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $17.5 million
- State revenue
- $63.3 million
- Local revenue
- $17.7 million
- Total spending
- $94.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,060
- Salaries
- $48.7 million51.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $80.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.7%
- State: 64.3%
- Local: 18.0%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,060
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Etowah County Public Schools
By level: 7 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Career Technical Center | High | 9 to 12 | ||
| Carlisle Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 343 | 15.6 |
| Duck Springs Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 207 | 15.9 |
| Etowah County Special Education Learning Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 1 | |
| Gaston Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 290 | 16.1 |
| Gaston High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 380 | 20.0 |
| Glencoe Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 397 | 15.9 |
| Glencoe High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 300 | 18.8 |
| Glencoe Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 272 | 17.0 |
| Highland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 216 | 18.0 |
| Hokes Bluff Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 610 | 16.5 |
| Hokes Bluff High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 371 | 17.7 |
| Hokes Bluff Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 253 | 16.9 |
| Ivalee Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 200 | 16.7 |
| John S Jones Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 745 | 16.2 |
| Rainbow Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 634 | 20.5 |
| Sardis High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 546 | 17.1 |
| Sardis Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 381 | 20.1 |
| Southside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 585 | 17.2 |
| Southside High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 825 | 19.2 |
| The Etowah County Refocus Center | Other | 4 to 12 | ||
| West End Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 390 | 17.7 |
| West End High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 370 | 18.5 |
| Whitesboro Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 423 | 18.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Etowah County
- Gadsden City School District 4,940 students
- Attalla City School District 1,460 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.