Regular local school district · Lee County
Lee County Public Schools, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Lee County Public Schools runs 15 public schools with 9,026 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.8 students per teacher is 2.4 lower than the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Lee County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 9,026
- Teachers (FTE)
- 611
- Students per teacher
- 14.8
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2410 Society Hill Road, Opelika, AL 36804
- Phone
- (334)705-6000
- County
- Lee County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0102070
- State district ID
- AL-041
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,005
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 501 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 40.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.8
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 (9,310), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $119.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $16.7 million
- State revenue
- $65.1 million
- Local revenue
- $37.2 million
- Total spending
- $112.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,034
- Salaries
- $57.4 million51.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $80.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.0%
- State: 54.7%
- Local: 31.3%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,034
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Lee County Public Schools
By level: 5 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary, 1 secondary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Beauregard Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 783 | 14.0 |
| Beauregard High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 533 | 12.1 |
| Beulah Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 696 | 15.5 |
| Beulah High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 535 | 14.1 |
| East Smiths Station Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 785 | 14.8 |
| Lee County Learning Center | High | 6 to 12 | ||
| Loachapoka Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 332 | 13.3 |
| Loachapoka High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 277 | 10.7 |
| Sanford Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 533 | 15.7 |
| Smith Station Freshman CenterCEP school | Secondary | 9 | ||
| Smiths Station High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,588 | 15.7 |
| Smiths Station Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 910 | 16.9 |
| South Smiths Station Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 669 | 15.2 |
| Wacoochee Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 574 | 15.9 |
| West Smiths Station Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 811 | 15.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lee County
- Auburn City School District 9,488 students
- Opelika City School District 5,377 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.