Regular local school district · Colbert County
Muscle Shoals City School District, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Muscle Shoals City School District runs 7 public schools with 2,979 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 "Muscle Shoals City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 2,979
- Teachers (FTE)
- 166
- Students per teacher
- 17.9
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3200 S Wilson Dam Rd, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661
- Phone
- (256)389-2600
- County
- Colbert County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0102520
- State district ID
- AL-176
- Total staff (FTE)
- 296
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 426 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 19.0
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 (2,801), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $36.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.7 million
- State revenue
- $20.8 million
- Local revenue
- $12.0 million
- Total spending
- $34.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,469
- Salaries
- $18.2 million52.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.2%
- State: 57.0%
- Local: 32.8%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,469
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Muscle Shoals City School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Highland Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 2 | 236 | 18.2 |
| Howell Graves PreschoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 356 | 18.7 |
| McBride Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 647 | 17.5 |
| Muscle Shoals Career Academy | High | 9 to 12 | ||
| Muscle Shoals High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 864 | 20.1 |
| Muscle Shoals Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 642 | 16.5 |
| Webster Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 2 | 234 | 16.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Colbert County
- Colbert County Public Schools 2,573 students
- Tuscumbia City School District 1,597 students
- Sheffield City School District 1,029 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.