Schools · Dothan
Dothan, AL schools
Dothan’s public schools score well below Alabama’s averages: 39% of students are proficient in reading against 45.4% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend one of 8 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 9 middle schools, Dothan Preparatory Academy and Dothan High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Dothan’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Dothan’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 60% of Alabama’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
C+Test scoresCGraduation
Alabama school districts we grade (143)Better than 40%
Lower resultsHigher results
Alabama towns with similar household incomes (267)Better than 35%
High confidence. Built on 4,031 tested students and a graduating class of 540; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Alabama’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Alabama only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Alabama with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Dothan kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Dothan City)39%
State average 45.4%
Math (grades PK–12, Dothan City)19%
State average 22%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
AL: 90.6%
Graduating class
540
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #122 of 193 AL towns →
Districts
The district serving Dothan
Dothan City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 18 schools · 8,220 students
$14,245 per studentAL $13,926C+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Dothan is home to 2 colleges
George C Wallace Community College-DothanCommunity college · Public · Dothan3,279on campus
All 2 colleges in Dothan →Alabama College of Osteopathic MedicineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Dothan798on campus
Every school
All 27 schools in Dothan
Showing 1–27 of 27 schools
Kelly Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 516 students
C+PublicHighlands Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 501 students
A+PublicHidden Lake Primary SchoolElementary · Grades K–2 · 476 students
PublicCarver School of Mathematics Science and TechnologyElementary · Grades 3–6 · 429 students
A+PublicSelma Street Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 421 students
C+PublicHeard Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 389 students
B+PublicMorris Slingluff Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 381 students
C-PublicGirard Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 380 students
PublicBeverlye Intermediate SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 338 students
C-PublicFaine Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 326 students
DPublicWestgate Christian SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 185 students
PrivateBeulah Land Christian AcademyElementary · Grades PK–K · 63 students
PrivateDothan Preparatory AcademyMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 1,034 students
C+PublicDothan 6th Grade CenterMiddle · Grades 6 · 449 students
DPublicCarver 9th Grade AcademySecondary · Grades 9 · 583 students
PublicDothan High SchoolHigh · Grades 10–12 · 1,588 students
CPublicDothan City Virtual SchoolHigh · Grades 7–12 · 226 students
PublicDothan Technology CenterHigh · Grades 10–12
PublicHouston County Area Vocational CenterHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicPASS AcademyHigh · Grades 7–12
PublicHouston County Virtual AcademyOther · Grades 3–12 · 246 students
PublicDothan City Early Education CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 183 students
PublicHouston County Alternative SchoolOther · Grades K–12
PublicHouston AcademyOther · Grades PK–12 · 732 students
PrivateNorthside Methodist Church & AcademyOther · Grades PK–12 · 627 students
PrivateBethel Christian AcademyOther · Grades PK–11 · 172 students
PrivateNew Day AcademyOther · Grades 6–12 · 65 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.