Schools in Dothan · Dothan City School District
Dothan’s public schools score below 60% of Alabama districts
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.
Reading proficiency
39%
▼ 6 pts vs AL 45%
2020–21
Math proficiency
19%
▼ 3 pts vs AL 22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
▼ 1 pts vs AL 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$14.2K
▲ 2% vs AL $13.9K
FY2024
Students per teacher
18.1
AL 17.1
Schools
27
8,466 students
The School Grade
How Dothan compares
C+ Test scoresC Graduation
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 it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Alabama’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Alabama only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Dothan.
8 schools teach K in Dothan’s district. Which one depends on your address: Kelly Springs Elementary School, Highlands Elementary School, Hidden Lake Primary School and Selma Street Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 1st grade in Dothan’s district. Which one depends on your address: Kelly Springs Elementary School, Highlands Elementary School, Hidden Lake Primary School and Selma Street Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 2nd grade in Dothan’s district. Which one depends on your address: Kelly Springs Elementary School, Highlands Elementary School, Hidden Lake Primary School and Selma Street Elementary School and more.
9 schools teach 3rd grade in Dothan’s district. Which one depends on your address: Kelly Springs Elementary School, Highlands Elementary School, Carver School of Mathematics Science and Technology and Selma Street Elementary School and more.
9 schools teach 4th grade in Dothan’s district. Which one depends on your address: Kelly Springs Elementary School, Highlands Elementary School, Carver School of Mathematics Science and Technology and Selma Street Elementary School and more.
9 schools teach 5th grade in Dothan’s district. Which one depends on your address: Kelly Springs Elementary School, Highlands Elementary School, Carver School of Mathematics Science and Technology and Selma Street Elementary School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–58 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
69 middle schoolsDepends on your address
7–8Dothan Preparatory AcademyDothan City School District
10–12Dothan High SchoolDothan City School District
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading39%
State average 45.4%
Math19%
State average 22%
Dothan vs. its neighbors
Dothan’s schools rank 10th of 10 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Alabama districts.
Every school in Dothan
27 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Elementary
Kelly Springs Elementary School
C+516 students17:1Rate it →
Highlands Elementary School
A+501 students15:1Rate it →
Hidden Lake Primary School
476 students17:1Rate it →
Carver School of Mathematics Science and Technology
A+429 students20:1Rate it →
Selma Street Elementary School
C+421 students20:1Rate it →
Heard Elementary School
B+389 students19:1Rate it →
Morris Slingluff Elementary School
C−381 students18:1Rate it →
Girard Elementary School
380 students17:1Rate it →
Beverlye Intermediate School
C−338 students21:1Rate it →
Faine Elementary School
D326 students15:1Rate it →
Dothan City Early Education Center
183 students17:1Rate it →
Houston County Alternative School
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Middle
Dothan Preparatory Academy
C+1,034 students18:1Rate it →
Dothan 6th Grade Center
D449 students20:1Rate it →
High
Carver 9th Grade Academy
583 students17:1Rate it →
Dothan High School
C1,588 students19:1Rate it →
Houston County Area Vocational Center
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Private & other
Westgate Christian School
185 studentsRate it →
Beulah Land Christian Academy
63 studentsRate it →
Dothan City Virtual School
226 students14:1Rate it →
Dothan Technology Center
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PASS Academy
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Houston County Virtual Academy
246 studentsRate it →
Houston Academy
732 studentsRate it →
Northside Methodist Church & Academy
627 studentsRate it →
Bethel Christian Academy
172 studentsRate it →
New Day Academy
65 studentsRate it →
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In town
Colleges →Colleges in Dothan
2 colleges in Dothan, and 2 more within 30 miles.
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan3,279 students on campus
- Admission
- Open
- Net price
- $1,170
- Graduate
- 35%
- Admission
- Open
- Net price
- —
- Graduate
- —
Baptist University of FloridaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Graceville
19.6 mi133 students
Enterprise State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Enterprise
25.8 mi1,597 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Dothan. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Alabama. Stars are from neighbors.