Regular local school district · Russell County
Russell County Public Schools, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Russell County Public Schools runs 8 public schools with 3,850 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.2 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Russell County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,850
- Teachers (FTE)
- 211
- Students per teacher
- 18.2
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 506 14th St, Phenix City, AL 36867
- Phone
- (334)855-2977
- County
- Russell County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0102880
- State district ID
- AL-057
- Total staff (FTE)
- 361
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 385 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 32.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.2
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 (3,519), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $43.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.1 million
- State revenue
- $25.2 million
- Local revenue
- $9.2 million
- Total spending
- $44.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,716
- Salaries
- $21.1 million47.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $37.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.9%
- State: 57.9%
- Local: 21.2%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,716
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Russell County Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alternative Learning CenterCEP school | High | 5 to 12 | ||
| Dixie Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 251 | 16.7 |
| Ladonia Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 461 | 19.2 |
| Mount Olive Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 345 | 20.3 |
| Mt Olive Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 424 | 17.7 |
| Oliver Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 481 | 16.0 |
| Russell County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,078 | 18.6 |
| Russell County Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 810 | 18.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Russell County
- Phenix City School District 7,198 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.