Regular local school district · Madison County
Madison City School District, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Madison City School District runs 13 public schools with 13,046 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Madison City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 13,046
- Teachers (FTE)
- 774
- Students per teacher
- 16.9
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 211 Celtic Drive, Madison, AL 35758
- Phone
- (256)464-8370
- County
- Madison County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0100008
- State district ID
- AL-169
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,308
- School counselors (FTE)
- 28.0About 466 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 56.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.9
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 (11,804), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $169.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $16.7 million
- State revenue
- $85.0 million
- Local revenue
- $67.4 million
- Total spending
- $184.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,603
- Salaries
- $72.6 million39.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $135.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.9%
- State: 50.3%
- Local: 39.9%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,603
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Madison City School District
By level: 2 high, 3 middle, 7 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bob Jones High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,048 | 18.1 |
| Columbia Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 701 | 14.3 |
| Discovery Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,054 | 15.7 |
| Heritage Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 869 | 17.0 |
| Horizon Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 567 | 14.9 |
| James Clemens High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,159 | 18.0 |
| Journey Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 903 | 19.2 |
| Liberty Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,103 | 16.0 |
| Madison City School PreK Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 252 | 31.5 |
| Madison Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 603 | 15.5 |
| MidTown Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 1,097 | 17.4 |
| Mill Creek Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 965 | 16.4 |
| Rainbow Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 725 | 15.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Madison County
- Huntsville City School District 24,222 students
- Madison County Public Schools 20,691 students
- Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering
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.