Regular local school district · Shelby County
Pelham City School District, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Pelham City School District runs 4 public schools with 3,444 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.0 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Pelham City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 3,444
- Teachers (FTE)
- 215
- Students per teacher
- 16.0
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3160 Pelham Parkway, Pelham, AL 35124
- Phone
- (205)624-3700
- County
- Shelby County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0100194
- State district ID
- AL-177
- Total staff (FTE)
- 336
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 383 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.0
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 (3,402), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $51.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.4 million
- State revenue
- $23.6 million
- Local revenue
- $23.9 million
- Total spending
- $43.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,709
- Salaries
- $19.5 million45.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $50.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.5%
- State: 45.4%
- Local: 46.1%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,709
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Pelham City School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Pelham High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,076 | 14.9 |
| Pelham Oaks | Elementary | PK to 5 | 750 | 16.0 |
| Pelham Park Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 835 | 18.6 |
| Pelham Ridge | Elementary | PK to 5 | 783 | 15.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Shelby County
- Shelby County Public Schools 20,638 students
- Alabaster City School District 6,316 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.