Regular local school district · Shelby County
Shelby County Public Schools, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Shelby County Public Schools runs 33 public schools with 20,638 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.2 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Shelby County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 33
- Students
- 20,638
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,277
- Students per teacher
- 16.2
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 410 E College St, Columbiana, AL 35051
- Phone
- (205)682-7000
- County
- Shelby County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0103030
- State district ID
- AL-059
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,687
- School counselors (FTE)
- 50.0About 413 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 71.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.2
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 (20,438), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $260.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $23.4 million
- State revenue
- $139.5 million
- Local revenue
- $97.4 million
- Total spending
- $240.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,753
- Salaries
- $130.6 million54.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $320.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 37.4%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,753
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Shelby County Public Schools
By level: 9 high, 7 middle, 16 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Nearby and related
Other districts in Shelby County
- Alabaster City School District 6,316 students
- Pelham City School District 3,444 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.