Public schools in Cullman, AL

Cullman has 16 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 3 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,779 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Cullman County Schools runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Cullman's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in CullmanDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Cullman County Schools119,846$11,821
Cullman City Schools53,226$12,808

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Cullman, 2,602 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cullman High School1,01416.424.7%Cullman City Schools
West Point High School59120.441.5%Cullman County Schools
Fairview High School51219.948.2%Cullman County Schools
Good Hope High School48520.439.2%Cullman County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Cullman, 1,160 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cullman Middle School49115.826.7%Cullman City Schools
Good Hope Middle School37819.443.9%Cullman County Schools
Fairview Middle School29120.350.5%Cullman County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

8 elementary schools in Cullman, 3,847 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cullman City Primary School78215.634.1%Cullman City Schools
Fairview Elementary School60118.753.2%Cullman County Schools
West Point Elementary School49619.051.8%Cullman County Schools
West Elementary School49015.739.4%Cullman City Schools
East Elementary School46616.727.0%Cullman City Schools
Good Hope Primary School40115.140.9%Cullman County Schools
Good Hope Elementary School39318.750.4%Cullman County Schools
Welti Elementary School21816.745.0%Cullman County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Cullman, 170 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cullman Child Development Center17011.369.4%Cullman County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Cullman's public schools compare with Alabama's

The median Cullman school has 17.7 students per full-time teacher, more than the Alabama median of 17.1. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 0% across the state. Its median school enrolls 488 students (state 477).

Cullman against Alabama, schools open in 2024-25 with students
CullmanAlabama
Median students per teacher17.717.1
Median school size (students)488477
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%0%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)69%81%
Charter schools0%1.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 16 Cullman schools and the 1,357 Alabama schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Cullman

  1. Cullman County SchoolsRuns 11 of Cullman's 16 public schools and spent $11,821 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,821
  2. Cullman High School, the largest high school in Cullman1,014 students in 2024-25, 16.4 per teacher.1,014
  3. Compare Cullman County Schools with Cullman City SchoolsCullman's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in AlabamaAlabama's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Cullman addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Alabama

  1. Birmingham59 schools
  2. Mobile57 schools
  3. Montgomery51 schools
  4. Huntsville47 schools
  5. Tuscaloosa23 schools
  6. Decatur20 schools
  7. Dothan17 schools
  8. Gadsden16 schools

Questions about schools in Cullman

  1. How many public schools are in Cullman, AL?
    16 public schools with an address in Cullman were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 3 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,779 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Cullman?
    Cullman High School, with 1,014 students in 2024-25 (Cullman City Schools).
  3. Which districts run Cullman's schools?
    Cullman County Schools (11 schools), Cullman City Schools (5 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .