School district · Alabama

Fort Payne City

Fort Payne City in Alabama: 5 public schools with 3,508 students and 15.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $11,964 per student in FY2024.

Schools
5
Students
3,508
Students per teacher
15.5
AL 17.4 · US 15.1
Spending per student
$11,964
AL $13.6K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE)
227
Counselors (FTE)
6.5
Students per counselor
540
AL 400 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE)
0.0
Librarians (FTE): 4.0

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024
$8.0K15
$8.2K16
$8.3K17
$8.4K18
$8.8K19
$9.1K20
$9.9K21
$10.4K22
$11.3K23
$12.0K24
Where the money comes from (FY2024)
Federal
17% · $8.8M
State
61% · $32.4M
Local
22% · $11.8M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction
$7,550
Support services
$3,446
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
$5.8M
Long-term debt
$473K

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 2Middle schools: 1High schools: 1
SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Williams Avenue Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K13113.8
Little Ridge Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all
3–579216.2
Wills Valley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–273813.4
Fort Payne Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–874115.8
Fort Payne High SchoolFree meals for all
9–121,10616.8

Sources

Address
205 45th St NE, Fort Payne, AL 35967
Phone
(256)845-0915
Website