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Bessemer City School District

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Bessemer City School District is located close to the center of Alabama. Bessemer City School District has 39.85 square miles of land area and 0.17 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Bessemer City School District population is 27,202. Bessemer City School District median household income is $30,369 in 2010-2014. Bessemer City School District median house value is $90,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Bessemer City School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (113 out of 131, bottom 14%) Elementary/Middle School: (94 out of 132, bottom 29%)* Rank: #110
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	27,202 (2010-2014), rank #44
Population Growth	-6.18% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	679.75/sq mi, rank #30
Median Household Income:	$30,369 at 2010-2014—7.54% increase since 2005-2009, rank #118
Median House Price:	$90,500 at 2010-2014—9.30% increase since 2005-2009, rank #80
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	39.85 sq mi, rank #94
Water Area:	0.17 sq mi (0.42%), rank #104
State:	Alabama
County:	Jefferson County
City:	Bessemer
Zip:	35022, 35020, 35244, 35111
Area:	Birmingham-Hoover, AL

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Bessemer City School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1621 5th Ave North

Bessemer AL, 35021, Jefferson County

Phone: 205-432-3000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,995	4,068	4,376	4,510	4,480	4,344	4,247
English Language Learner Students:	44	NA	68	68	91	100	79
Total Teachers:	237.00	288.00	286.00	292.00	251.00	243.00	244.00
Prekindergarten:	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	4.00
Kindergarten:	34.00	40.00	43.00	42.00	35.00	34.00	39.00
Elementary:	150.00	152.00	142.00	145.00	125.00	121.00	117.00
Secondary:	51.00	95.00	100.00	104.00	90.00	87.00	84.00
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	239.00	0.00	255.00	272.00	216.00	268.00	257.00
Instructional Aides:	30.00	NA	43.00	51.00	NA	0.00	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	NA	5.00	5.00	NA	53.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	11.00	NA	11.00	12.00	13.00	12.00	11.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	NA	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	NA	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	2.00	NA	1.00	1.00	3.00	2.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	8.00	NA	6.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	8.00	NA	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	12.00	NA	17.00	18.00	17.00	18.00	NA
School Administrators:	26.00	NA	14.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.90
School Administrative Support:	23.00	NA	26.00	28.00	28.00	29.00	63.10
Student Support Services:	11.00	NA	8.00	11.00	11.00	9.00	12.00
Other Support Services:	108.00	NA	118.00	115.00	115.00	114.00	143.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.86	14.13	15.30	15.45	17.85	17.88	17.41

Schools

Abrams Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1200 23rd St North, Bessemer AL 35020
Bessemer Center For Technology	Grade 9 to Grade 12	4940 Premiere Parkway, Bessemer AL 35022
Charles F Hard Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	2801 Arlington Ave, Bessemer AL 35020
Greenwood Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	5012 Roselyn Rd Southeast, Bessemer AL 35022
James A Davis Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	100 High School Dr, Bessemer AL 35020
Jess Lanier High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	4950 Premiere Parkway, Bessemer AL 35022
Jonesboro Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	125 Owen Ave, Bessemer AL 35020
New Horizon Alternative School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	1701 6th Ave North, Bessemer AL 35020
Westhills Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	710 Glenn Rd, Bessemer AL 35022

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ADAW Test
2004	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	24.3%	46.9%
2005	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	24.4%	44.8%
2006	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	29.1%	49%
2008	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	29.23%	46.76%
2009	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	18.52%	42.56%
2004	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	28.3%	65%
2005	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	36.5%	64.3%
2006	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	43%	69%
2008	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	49.37%	64.91%
2009	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	59.92%	76.43%
2004	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	34.5%	60.3%
2005	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	40.3%	56.8%
2006	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	44.8%	63.6%
2008	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	43.22%	61.3%
2009	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	41.98%	61.43%
2004	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	39%	56.7%
2005	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	39.5%	54.6%
2006	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	41.7%	59.2%
2008	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	36.86%	59.53%
2009	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	33.75%	57.81%
2004	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	27.6%	50.6%
2005	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	33.7%	42.2%
2006	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	33.2%	45%
2008	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	35.52%	37.08%
2009	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	33.24%	37.25%
2004	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	46%	57.3%
2005	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	52.6%	58.7%
2006	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	57.2%	64%
2008	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	66.98%	62.46%
2009	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	70.99%	64.88%
2004	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	32.3%	48.9%
2005	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	36.4%	44.4%
2006	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	43.7%	48.1%
2008	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	40.19%	43.41%
2009	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	48.29%	43.74%
2004	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	34.6%	47%
2005	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	38.2%	42.6%
2006	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	35.8%	48.1%
2008	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	33.02%	39.83%
2009	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	40.06%	40.59%
2004	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	23.4%	42%
2005	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	29.5%	41%
2006	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	26.3%	45.4%
2008	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	40.58%	46.94%
2009	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	48.59%	56.16%
2004	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	34.3%	55.7%
2005	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	50.1%	63%
2006	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	42.1%	60%
2008	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	68.47%	65.27%
2009	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	65.74%	65.55%
2004	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	39.4%	51.7%
2005	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	37.7%	48.9%
2006	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	40%	55.1%
2008	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	46.97%	56.69%
2009	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	56.69%	62.72%
2004	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	40.8%	51.1%
2005	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	38%	48.9%
2006	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	31.2%	51.2%
2008	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	53.68%	58.32%
2009	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	55.28%	60.06%
AHSGE Test
2008	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	71.04%	72.59%
2009	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	88.58%	87.59%
2010	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	84.07%	93.34%
2011	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	82.33%	94.47%
2012	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	84.36%	95.24%
2004	Language	11th Grade	% met std	73.8%	81%
2005	Language	11th Grade	% met std	75.1%	80.4%
2006	Language	11th Grade	% met std	76%	82.2%
2007	Language	11th Grade	% met std	75.34%	80.01%
2008	Language	11th Grade	% met std	68.29%	76.95%
2009	Language	11th Grade	% met std	73.16%	81.82%
2010	Language	11th Grade	% met std	62.11%	78.46%
2011	Language	11th Grade	% met std	52.59%	77.64%
2012	Language	11th Grade	% met std	48.83%	75.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	78%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.3%	78.3%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.4%	83.6%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	83.56%	83.74%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.76%	84.02%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.13%	85.56%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.67%	84.32%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.01%	85.39%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.44%	85.03%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.9%	86.9%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.1%	85.7%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	85.6%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.76%	82.19%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80%	81.17%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.74%	81.63%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.59%	81.82%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.17%	83.29%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.61%	82.92%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	73.8%	82.1%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	80.9%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	81.9%	84.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	85.39%	82.09%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	73.17%	81.22%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52.84%	75.76%
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.4%	74.2%
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	69.8%	76%
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	77.1%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	68.95%	73.9%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	70.3%	72.58%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	71.43%	78.86%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	50.66%	73.05%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	49%	71.38%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	39.15%	71.26%
2010	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	94.94%	94.02%
2011	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	96.43%	98.1%
2012	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	93.93%	98.49%
2004	Language	12th Grade	% met std	92.4%	95.4%
2005	Language	12th Grade	% met std	88.6%	94.5%
2006	Language	12th Grade	% met std	95.8%	94.7%
2007	Language	12th Grade	% met std	87.71%	89.7%
2008	Language	12th Grade	% met std	96%	94.49%
2009	Language	12th Grade	% met std	89.5%	92.8%
2010	Language	12th Grade	% met std	84.44%	91.1%
2011	Language	12th Grade	% met std	81.63%	91.4%
2012	Language	12th Grade	% met std	77.57%	90.39%
2004	Math	12th Grade	% met std	98.4%	95.7%
2005	Math	12th Grade	% met std	93.7%	94.7%
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	100%	95.6%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	91.06%	90.48%
2008	Math	12th Grade	% met std	94.41%	95.45%
2009	Math	12th Grade	% met std	91.71%	95.36%
2010	Math	12th Grade	% met std	91.67%	94.73%
2011	Math	12th Grade	% met std	78.06%	94.82%
2012	Math	12th Grade	% met std	85.98%	94.83%
2004	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	95.4%	96.5%
2005	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	91.1%	95.4%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	94.4%	95.2%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	87.15%	90.19%
2008	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	96.49%	95.01%
2009	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	86.74%	94.2%
2010	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	87.78%	93.57%
2011	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	80.61%	93.78%
2012	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	81.77%	93.62%
2004	Science	12th Grade	% met std	95.4%	95.9%
2005	Science	12th Grade	% met std	91.8%	95.3%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	97.2%	95.9%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	91.06%	90.62%
2008	Science	12th Grade	% met std	96.5%	95.24%
2009	Science	12th Grade	% met std	92.22%	93.62%
2004	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	92.3%	92.7%
2005	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	91.8%	93.4%
2006	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	96.5%	93.7%
2007	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	86.59%	88.74%
2008	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	91.5%	92.95%
2009	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	85.08%	91.58%
2010	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	82.78%	90.45%
2011	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	78.57%	87.99%
2012	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	72.43%	89.74%
ARMT Test
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57.7%	74.1%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	60.1%	77.7%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73.85%	77.41%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.37%	77.69%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70.16%	79.37%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.61%	80.13%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.08%	83.7%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.43%	85.23%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	81%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.1%	83.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.05%	84.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.11%	85.35%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	85.83%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.6%	86.59%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.75%	86.82%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.28%	88.18%
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50.7%	71.9%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56.9%	74%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	77.9%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67.64%	78.31%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83.93%	78.93%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.54%	79.12%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82.14%	81.26%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.21%	82.42%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	85.24%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.5%	76.9%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.2%	83.3%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	84.4%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.24%	85.01%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.61%	86.09%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.06%	86.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.41%	86.69%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.49%	87.93%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.47%	88.16%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67%	71.8%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	76.5%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.67%	77.26%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.17%	77.97%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76.11%	79.94%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.59%	82.61%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87.43%	88.95%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88.19%	91.32%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	80.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	80.7%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.52%	84.6%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.01%	84.37%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.02%	84.65%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.19%	85.64%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.01%	88.59%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.57%	88.88%
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54.2%	56%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61.9%	66.5%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75.7%	74.7%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73.13%	73.46%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70.06%	71.9%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73.23%	74.92%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	80.58%	76.94%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.35%	77.64%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74.93%	77.16%
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	82.4%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	81.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	83%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.52%	84.87%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.71%	86.61%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.46%	86.2%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.67%	86.13%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.05%	88.19%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.9%	88.35%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.8%	56.9%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	59.1%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70.62%	59.82%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.31%	61.26%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.9%	65.79%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.23%	68.76%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80.77%	70.36%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46.37%	72.5%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.2%	75.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	74.3%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.34%	77%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.15%	79.13%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.69%	81.28%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.9%	83.02%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.72%	84.9%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.77%	86.25%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	63%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	67.6%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75.17%	66.3%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67.34%	68.13%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69.81%	73.77%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.93%	78.62%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	83.44%	77.01%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.41%	78.62%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	36.2%	57.3%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	69.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	71.7%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.36%	71.94%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.52%	73.87%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.23%	74.89%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.63%	73.51%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.93%	76.95%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.85%	79.33%
ASA Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.69%	69.84%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60%	73.2%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54.29%	77.35%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.08%	78.77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.04%	80.09%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	60.51%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	61.38%	70.34%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	46.43%	68.79%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	59.17%	68.5%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	45.96%	75.67%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$40,863,000	$9,338		$43,264,000	$9,593		$41,076,000	$9,169
Federal:	$6,726,000	$1,537	16.5%	$8,309,000	$1,842	19.2%	$9,311,000	$2,078	22.7%
State:	$23,230,000	$5,309	56.8%	$22,842,000	$5,065	52.8%	$21,783,000	$4,862	53.0%
Local:	$10,907,000	$2,492	26.7%	$12,113,000	$2,686	28.0%	$9,982,000	$2,228	24.3%
Total Expenditures:	$39,822,000	$9,100		$43,073,000	$9,551		$55,637,000	$12,419
Total Current Expenditures:	$37,356,000	$8,537		$40,168,000	$8,906		$40,718,000	$9,089
Instructional Expenditures:	$20,400,000	$4,662	54.6%	$22,660,000	$5,024	56.4%	$22,546,000	$5,033	55.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,385,000	$1,002	11.7%	$4,398,000	$975	10.9%	$4,935,000	$1,102	12.1%
Administration:	$4,570,000	$1,044	12.2%	$4,765,000	$1,057	11.9%	$4,674,000	$1,043	11.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,001,000	$1,828	21.4%	$8,345,000	$1,850	20.8%	$8,563,000	$1,911	21.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$388,000	$89		$1,338,000	$297		$13,287,000	$2,966
Construction:	$279,000	$64		$1,201,000	$266		$13,129,000	$2,931
Total Other:	$645,000	$147		$465,000	$103		$546,000	$122
Interest on Debt:	$1,390,000	$318		$1,017,000	$225		$1,037,000	$231

Total Salary:	$21,923,000	$5,010		$23,083,000	$5,118		$23,192,000	$5,177
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,753,000	$3,143	62.7%	$14,387,000	$3,190	62.3%	$14,165,000	$3,162	61.1%
Other Salary:	$8,170,000	$1,867	37.3%	$8,696,000	$1,928	37.7%	$9,027,000	$2,015	38.9%
Total Benefit:	$8,266,000	$1,889		$9,517,000	$2,110		$9,537,000	$2,129
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,077,000	$1,160	61.4%	$5,897,000	$1,308	62.0%	$5,838,000	$1,303	61.2%
Other Benefit:	$3,189,000	$729	38.6%	$3,620,000	$803	38.0%	$3,699,000	$826	38.8%

* Bessemer City School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.