Regular local school district · Lauderdale County
Lauderdale County Public Schools, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Lauderdale County Public Schools runs 15 public schools with 7,952 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 "Lauderdale County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 7,952
- Teachers (FTE)
- 456
- Students per teacher
- 17.4
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 355 County Road 61, Florence, AL 35634
- Phone
- (256)760-1300
- County
- Lauderdale County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0102010
- State district ID
- AL-039
- Total staff (FTE)
- 961
- School counselors (FTE)
- 21.0About 379 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 41.0
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 (8,038), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $98.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.0 million
- State revenue
- $65.3 million
- Local revenue
- $21.9 million
- Total spending
- $95.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,911
- Salaries
- $47.9 million50.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.2%
- State: 66.5%
- Local: 22.3%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,911
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Lauderdale County Public Schools
By level: 7 high, 7 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Allen Thornton Career Technical Center | High | 10 to 12 | ||
| Brooks Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 874 | 18.6 |
| Brooks High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 729 | 17.8 |
| Central Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 713 | 17.4 |
| Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 596 | 15.7 |
| Lauderdale County High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 542 | 17.5 |
| Lauderdale Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 746 | 18.2 |
| Lexington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 454 | 18.2 |
| Lexington High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 379 | 18.0 |
| Rogers Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 592 | 19.7 |
| Rogers High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 510 | 15.9 |
| Underwood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 343 | 16.3 |
| Waterloo High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 337 | 18.7 |
| Wilson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 552 | 18.4 |
| Wilson High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 585 | 15.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lauderdale County
- Florence City School District 4,574 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.