School district · Alabama
Lee County
Lee County in Alabama: 15 public schools with 9,026 students and 14.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,049 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 9,026
- Students per teacher
- 14.8
- AL 17.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $14,049
- 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)
- 611
- Counselors (FTE)
- 18.0
- Students per counselor
- 501
- AL 400 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 12.5
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alabama's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Alabama: 60%63%proficient
+3.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 62% of school districts in Alabama
Median 59% · 151 school districts compared
4,046 students tested, grades 3–8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alabama: 35%35%proficient
+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 55% of school districts in Alabama
Median 32% · 151 school districts compared
4,068 students tested, grades 3–8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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.
- Federal
- 17% · $27.7M
- State
- 54% · $89.6M
- Local
- 29% · $48.9M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,221
- Support services
- $5,145
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $40M
- Long-term debt
- $49M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beauregard Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 783 | 14.0 | 73% | 50% |
Beulah Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 696 | 15.5 | 59% | 33% |
East Smiths Station Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 785 | 14.8 | 72% | 53% |
Loachapoka Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 332 | 13.3 | 40% | 23% |
South Smiths Station Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 669 | 15.2 | 77% | 44% |
Wacoochee Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 574 | 15.9 | 77% | 51% |
West Smiths Station Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 811 | 15.0 | 71% | 47% |
Sanford Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 533 | 15.5 | 52% | 26% |
Smiths Station Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 910 | 16.9 | 60% | 20% |
Beauregard High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 533 | 12.1 | — | — |
Beulah High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 535 | 14.1 | 50% | 8.1% |
Lee County Learning CenterAlternative | 6–12 | — | — | — | — |
Loachapoka High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 277 | 10.7 | 39% | 9.7% |
Smith Station Freshman CenterFree meals for all | 9 | — | — | — | — |
Smiths Station High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,588 | 15.6 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 2410 Society Hill Road, Opelika, AL 36804
- Phone
- (334)705-6000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.