Public schools in Gadsden, AL

Gadsden has 16 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 5,827 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Gadsden City runs 12 of them.

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

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

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

DistrictSchools in GadsdenDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Gadsden City124,939$13,509
Etowah County Board of Education48,702$11,215

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.

2 high schools in Gadsden, 1,741 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Gadsden City High School1,36117.268.9%Gadsden City
Gaston High School38019.063.9%Etowah County Board of Education

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 Gadsden, 1,029 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Gadsden Middle School43818.663.9%Gadsden City
Sansom Middle School33916.677.6%Gadsden City
Litchfield Middle School25216.380.2%Gadsden City

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.

10 elementary schools in Gadsden, 3,056 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Adams Elementary School43318.690.8%Gadsden City
W E Striplin Elementary School40019.784.8%Gadsden City
Floyd Elementary School38423.982.0%Gadsden City
Eura Brown Elementary School34016.032.6%Gadsden City
Gaston Elementary School29015.967.6%Etowah County Board of Education
Thompson Elementary School28820.281.3%Gadsden City
Mitchell Elementary School26214.859.2%Gadsden City
Donehoo Elementary School22518.373.3%Gadsden City
Walnut Park Elementary School21816.578.9%Gadsden City
Highland Elementary School21618.053.7%Etowah County Board of Education

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 Gadsden, 1 student

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Etowah County Special Education Learning Center1not reportednot reportedEtowah County Board of Education

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 Gadsden's public schools compare with Alabama's

The median Gadsden school has 18.0 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 315 students (state 477).

Gadsden against Alabama, schools open in 2024-25 with students
GadsdenAlabama
Median students per teacher18.017.1
Median school size (students)315477
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%0%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)94%81%
Charter schools0%1.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 16 Gadsden 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 Gadsden

  1. Gadsden CityRuns 12 of Gadsden's 16 public schools and spent $13,509 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,509
  2. Gadsden City High School, the largest high school in Gadsden1,361 students in 2024-25, 17.2 per teacher.1,361
  3. Compare Gadsden City with Etowah County Board of EducationGadsden'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 Gadsden 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. Cullman16 schools

Questions about schools in Gadsden

  1. How many public schools are in Gadsden, AL?
    16 public schools with an address in Gadsden were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 5,827 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Gadsden?
    Gadsden City High School, with 1,361 students in 2024-25 (Gadsden City).
  3. Which districts run Gadsden's schools?
    Gadsden City (12 schools), Etowah County Board of Education (4 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 .