16 public K-12 schools in Cullman from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cullman has more public-school enrollment than 72% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cullman sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
Cullman's list includes 3 elementary, 3 middle, and 4 high-school campuses, plus 6 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.
The 22-point gap between Fairview Middle School and Cullman City Primary School shows the range hidden by Cullman's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Cullman school enrollment ranges from 170 students (lowest) to 1,014 students (highest), a spread of 844 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fairview Middle School | 49 |
| 2. | Welti Elementary School | 47 |
| 3. | Good Hope Primary School | 46 |
| 4. | Good Hope Elementary School | 44 |
| 5. | Cullman Child Development Center | 44 |
| 6. | West Point Elementary School | 43 |
| 7. | Good Hope High School | 43 |
| 8. | East Elementary School | 43 |
| 9. | Good Hope Middle School | 42 |
| 10. | Fairview Elementary School | 40 |
| 11. | West Elementary School | 40 |
| 12. | Cullman High School | 36 |
| 13. | West Point High School | 33 |
| 14. | Fairview High School | 31 |
| 15. | Cullman Middle School | 30 |
| 16. | Cullman City Primary School | 27 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Fairview Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cullman schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Cullman has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,779 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
