Muscle Shoals City
Muscle Shoals City is a public school district based in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, serving 2,979 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #65 of the 129 Alabama districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 50% of them. Its schools average 426 students each, about the same as the Alabama median of 452. It spends about $10,508 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.9 students per teacher.
How Muscle Shoals City compares
Spending and staffing
| Measure | Muscle Shoals City | Alabama median | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current spending per student | $10,508 | $10,671 | FY2020-21 |
| Instruction spending per student | $6,528 | $6,303 | FY2020-21 |
| Total spending | $34.9 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Total revenue | $36.5 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 166 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Total staff (full-time equivalent) | 296 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Students per teacher | 17.9 | 17.1 | 2024-25 |
| Students per counselor | 426 | 399 | 2024-25 |
Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Alabama median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.
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Peer districts in Alabama
Compare side by side →| District | Students | Schools | Spending per student | Students per teacher | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer CityBessemer | 3,012 | 9 | $11,845 | 19.4 | #64 |
| Muscle Shoals CityMuscle Shoals · this district | 2,979 | 7 | $10,508 | 17.9 | #65 |
| Monroe CountyMonroeville | 2,963 | 9 | $11,275 | 16.5 | #66 |
| Coffee CountyElba | 2,953 | 5 | $10,500 | 18.2 | #67 |
| Jasper CityJasper | 2,950 | 5 | $10,965 | 17.7 | #68 |
Similar-size districts nationally
| District | Students | Spending per student | Students per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duarte UnifiedDuarte, CA | 2,980 | $14,456 | 20.6 |
| Lowell JointWhittier, CA | 2,980 | $10,712 | 23.7 |
| Kingsway Regional School DistrictWoolwich Twp., NJ | 2,980 | $15,480 | 13.9 |
| Cook CountyAdel, GA | 2,979 | $11,111 | 12.8 |
Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.
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