About Dothan City School District
Dothan City School District is a public school system serving Houston County, Alabama, based in Dothan. It serves 8,220 students across 18 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #24 largest of Alabama’s 153 school systems.
Size and structure
Dothan City School District enrolls 8,220 students in 18 schools — an average of about 457 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #24 of 153 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Dothan City School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (8,220 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Dothan City School District employs about 460 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 17.9:1 — above the Alabama average of about 17.4:1. Total district staff is roughly 889.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Alabama funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Dothan City School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Alabama rates every district on an A–F report card built from ACAP test proficiency, academic growth, graduation rate, chronic absenteeism and college-and-career readiness. Look up Dothan City School District on the Alabama Report Card.
Accreditation status
Most Alabama systems are accredited through Cognia (formerly AdvancED/SACS), the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Dothan City School District in the free Cognia registry.
Dothan City School District vs. Alabama
See every Alabama district side by side in the Alabama directory.
Look up Dothan City School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):