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Alabama school systems.

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140school systems
1,493operating schools connected
741,082students in finance records
136complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
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Alabama school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 136 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$13,676Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+10.2%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+35.2%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change0.0%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems136 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024741,978727,896
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$13,927$12,538

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Winfield City

Winfield, AL

Students
1,221
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,754

+14.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.0% enrollment

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Wilcox County

Camden, AL

Students
1,190
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$19,885

+36.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -24.4% enrollment

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Lowndes County

Hayneville, AL

Students
1,173
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$22,033

+16.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.7% enrollment

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Brewton City

Brewton, AL

Students
1,171
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$14,021

+9.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.4% enrollment

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Piedmont City

Piedmont, AL

Students
1,079
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$12,294

+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.3% enrollment

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Choctaw County

Butler, AL

Students
1,034
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$18,051

+31.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -20.5% enrollment

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Thomasville City

Thomasville, AL

Students
1,029
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,001

+14.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.1% enrollment

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Sheffield City

Sheffield, AL

Students
993
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$16,084

+6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.8% enrollment

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Sumter County

Livingston, AL

Students
976
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$21,792

+46.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -27.6% enrollment

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Marengo County

Linden, AL

Students
970
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,251

+23.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.2% enrollment

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Lanett City

Lanett, AL

Students
960
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,677

+9.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.8% enrollment

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Greene County

Eutaw, AL

Students
881
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$19,272

+18.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.4% enrollment

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Perry County

Marion, AL

Students
879
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,605

+43.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -31.8% enrollment

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Coosa County

Rockford, AL

Students
781
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,560

+17.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.9% enrollment

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Barbour County

Clayton, AL

Students
679
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$20,720

+37.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.1% enrollment

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Elba City

Elba, AL

Students
636
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,429

+9.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.3% enrollment

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Linden City

Linden, AL

Students
406
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,906

+24.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.9% enrollment

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Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering

HUNTSVILLE, AL

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Midfield City School District

MIDFIELD, AL

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Orange Beach City School District

ORNAGE BEACH, AL

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.