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Gadsden City School District, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Gadsden City School District runs 15 public schools with 4,940 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Gadsden City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 4,940
- Teachers (FTE)
- 276
- Students per teacher
- 17.9
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1026 Chestnut St, Gadsden, AL 35901
- Phone
- (256)543-3512
- County
- Etowah County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0101620
- State district ID
- AL-144
- Total staff (FTE)
- 492
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 412 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 35.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.9
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 (4,845), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $62.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.8 million
- State revenue
- $35.0 million
- Local revenue
- $13.7 million
- Total spending
- $61.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,603
- Salaries
- $32.5 million53.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $22.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 22.1%
- State: 55.9%
- Local: 22.0%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,603
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Gadsden City School District
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 9 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Adams Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 433 | 18.8 |
| C I T Y ProgramCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | ||
| Donehoo Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 225 | 18.8 |
| Downtown Educational CenterCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | ||
| Eura Brown Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 340 | 16.2 |
| Floyd Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 384 | 24.0 |
| Gadsden City High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,361 | 17.4 |
| Gadsden Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 438 | 19.0 |
| Litchfield Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 252 | 16.8 |
| Mitchell Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 262 | 15.4 |
| Sansom Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 339 | 16.9 |
| Therapeutic Academic Program | Elementary | 1 to 5 | ||
| Thompson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 288 | 20.6 |
| W E Striplin Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 400 | 20.0 |
| Walnut Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 218 | 16.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Etowah County
- Etowah County Public Schools 8,739 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.