Regular local school district · Lauderdale County
Florence City School District, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Florence City School District runs 9 public schools with 4,574 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.9 students per teacher is 1.3 lower than the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Florence City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 4,574
- Teachers (FTE)
- 288
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 102 S Court Street, Florence, AL 35630
- Phone
- (256)768-3000
- County
- Lauderdale County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0101530
- State district ID
- AL-141
- Total staff (FTE)
- 486
- School counselors (FTE)
- 16.0About 286 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.9
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 (4,505), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $69.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.8 million
- State revenue
- $30.8 million
- Local revenue
- $30.4 million
- Total spending
- $61.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,612
- Salaries
- $29.9 million48.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $49.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.5%
- State: 44.1%
- Local: 43.4%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,612
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Florence City School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 secondary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Florence Freshman CenterCEP school | Secondary | 9 | 325 | 17.1 |
| Florence High SchoolCEP school | High | 10 to 12 | 1,101 | 17.8 |
| Florence Learning Center | High | 6 to 12 | ||
| Florence Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 663 | 17.4 |
| Forest Hills SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 906 | 14.6 |
| Harlan Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 426 | 11.8 |
| Hibbett Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 489 | 13.6 |
| Kilby Laboratory School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 187 | |
| Weeden Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 477 | 15.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lauderdale County
- Lauderdale County Public Schools 7,952 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.