School district · Alabama
Opelika City
Opelika City in Alabama: 10 public schools with 5,377 students and 16.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,919 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 5,377
- Students per teacher
- 16.7
- AL 17.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,919
- 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)
- 322
- Counselors (FTE)
- 12.7
- Students per counselor
- 423
- AL 400 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 8.5
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.
$10.1K15
$10.4K16
$10.4K17
$10.4K18
$10.7K19
$10.8K20
$10.9K21
$11.4K22
$12.2K23
$12.9K24
- Federal
- 14% · $13.2M
- State
- 45% · $41.7M
- Local
- 40% · $37.4M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,750
- Support services
- $4,398
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $8.8M
- Long-term debt
- $2.3M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 6Middle schools: 2High schools: 1Other schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–3 | 414 | 15.9 | |
| K–3 | 435 | 15.9 | |
| 3–5 | 397 | 17.6 | |
| 3–5 | 464 | 17.6 | |
| K–2 | 480 | 16.2 | |
| 3–5 | 393 | 15.6 | |
| 6 | 392 | 18.8 | |
| 4–8 | 812 | 16.3 | |
| 9–12 | 1,590 | 16.9 | |
Opelika Learning CenterAlternative | K–12 | — | — |
Sources
- Address
- 300 Simmons Street, Opelika, AL 36801
- Phone
- (334)745-9700
- 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).