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Bessemer, AL Public Schools

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    best schools in Bessemer SOUTH SHADES CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ROBERT F BUMPUS MIDDLE SCHOOL, JESS LANIER HIGH SCHOOL, JONESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CONCORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HUEYTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, NORTH HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WESTHILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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    Bessemer zip codes35020, 35022, 35023, 35211, 35111, 35221, 35228, 35244

    POPULATION
    29,949

    Bessemer, AL Public Schools

    BESSEMER CITY School District

    Address: 1621 5TH AVE N, BESSEMER, 35020
    Phone: (205) 432-3000


    4,191 Students enrolled in District

    9 Schools in District

    DISTRICT RATING
    COMPARED TO STATE
    (10 is best)
    5
    Better than:
    of AL school
    districts
    45.7%
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    COMPARED TO U.S.
    (10 is best)
    2
    Better than:
    of US school
    districts
    14.8%
    STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM
    16
    STATE AVERAGE 13

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    Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

    75%
    78%
    77%
    82%
    74%
    74%
    DISTRICT
    STATE
    PROFICIENT IN
    READING & MATH
    PROFICIENT IN
    READING
    PROFICIENT IN
    MATH
    SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT GRADES
    ABRAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    1200 23RD STREET N, BESSEMER, AL 35020
    (205) 432-3100
    PK-06
    BESSEMER CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY
    50 HIGH SCHOOL DRIVE, BESSEMER, AL 35022
    (205) 432-3785
    09-12
    CHARLES F HARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    2801 ARLINGTON AVE, BESSEMER, AL 35020
    (205) 432-3300
    KG-06
    GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    5012 ROSLYN RD, BESSEMER, AL 35022
    (205) 432-3200
    KG-06
    JAMES A DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
    1224 CLARENDON AVE, BESSEMER, AL 35020
    (205) 432-3600
    07-08
    JESS LANIER HIGH SCHOOL
    100 HIGH SCHOOL DR, BESSEMER, AL 35022
    (205) 432-3700
    09-12
    JONESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    125 OWEN AVE, BESSEMER, AL 35020
    (205) 432-3400
    KG-06
    NEW HORIZON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL
    1701 6TH AVE N, BESSEMER, AL 35020
    (205) 432-3036
    06-12
    WESTHILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    710 GLENN RD, BESSEMER, AL 35022
    (205) 432-3500
    KG-06
    School district enrollment by group
    ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
    WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 2.5 59.4
    BLACK (%) 95.2 36.0
    HISPANIC (%) 2.2 2.8
    ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 0.1 1.0
    AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 0.0 0.8
    ECONOMIC GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
    ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 80.7 51.6
    Educational Expenditures
    FOR THIS DISTRICT PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
    INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $4,316 $18,089,000 51.4
    SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
    STUDENT $443 $1,858,000 5.3
    STAFF $455 $1,909,000 5.4
    GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $723 $3,028,000 8.6
    SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $456 $1,911,000 5.4
    OPERATION $679 $2,844,000 8.1
    TRANSPORTATION $262 $1,098,000 3.1
    OTHER $121 $509,000 1.4
    TOTAL SUPPORT $3,139 $13,157,000 37.4
    NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $933 $3,912,000 11.1
    TOTAL EXPENDITURES $8,389 $35,158,000 100.0
    FOR THE STATE PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
    INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $4,493 $3,333,081,055 51.4
    SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
    STUDENT $395 $293,234,818 4.5
    STAFF $378 $280,360,810 4.3
    GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $208 $154,427,556 2.4
    SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $475 $351,994,349 5.4
    OPERATION $715 $530,583,901 8.2
    TRANSPORTATION $355 $263,267,944 4.1
    OTHER $153 $113,631,434 1.8
    TOTAL SUPPORT $2,679 $1,987,500,812 30.7
    NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,564 $1,160,157,610 17.9
    TOTAL EXPENDITURES $8,737 $6,480,739,477 100.0
    FOR THE NATION PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
    INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $5,582 $274,180,000,000 53.3
    SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
    STUDENT $475 $23,356,970,935 4.5
    STAFF $446 $21,924,659,888 4.3
    GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $181 $8,920,041,056 1.7
    SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $514 $25,277,042,259 4.9
    OPERATION $902 $44,320,216,892 8.6
    TRANSPORTATION $384 $18,864,068,868 3.7
    OTHER $294 $14,465,936,592 2.8
    TOTAL SUPPORT $3,199 $157,129,000,000 30.6
    NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,687 $82,900,118,526 16.1
    TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,469 $514,209,000,000 100.0

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