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Schools in Dothan, AL

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At a glance

Schools

11,633

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedCarver School of Mathematics Science and Technology32^nd of 686 Alabama elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Rehobeth High School up 90 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Westgate Christian School 6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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19 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

Dothan, Alabama is served by 17 schools across the Dothan City and Houston County districts, enrolling roughly 8,700 students in grades K-12, with a mix of elementary, middle, high, and alternative schools. The standout performer by far is Carver School of Mathematics Science and Technology, a magnet elementary school ranked in the 95th percentile statewide with 100% third-grade English proficiency, despite over half its students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. In contrast, Morris Slingluff Elementary and Girard Elementary sit at the 1st percentile, with math proficiency below 4% in some grades.

There is a stark divide between the two districts. Rehobeth High School, the only Houston County school in the data, jumped 91 ranking spots in one year to the 84th percentile, with just 4.9% chronic absenteeism and strong English gains. Meanwhile, Dothan City schools average a 22nd percentile district ranking, with Dothan High School dropping 84 spots. The middle school years are particularly troubling: math proficiency collapses from 26.7% in 3rd grade to just 10.5% by 8th grade, with Dothan 6th Grade Center showing only 5.9% math proficiency. Chronic absenteeism is a clear warning sign—Faine Elementary (25.9% absenteeism) and Dothan Preparatory Academy (23.7%) rank near the bottom, while high-attendance schools like Highlands Elementary perform far better.

For parents, the key takeaway is that school choice matters enormously here. Carver proves high achievement is possible even with economic challenges, while Rehobeth High shows rapid improvement is achievable. However, Dothan City Virtual School graduates 98.1% of students but with only 7.25% 11th-grade math proficiency, suggesting rigor may be sacrificed for completion. Spending also doesn't predict success—the lowest-performing schools spend the most per student. With 68.4% of students district-wide on free/reduced lunch, poverty is a factor, but the wide variation in outcomes suggests targeted interventions in middle school math and attendance could help close the gap.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2026)							Summative Assessment Science (2026)			Summative Assessment English (2026)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 11th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Summative Assessment English 8th Grade	Summative Assessment English 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Carver School of Mathematics Science and Technology	Public	3-6	303 Rollins Avenue	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	No	(334) 794-1440	429	21	20.4	55.2%	193 (45.0%)	158 (36.8%)	37 (8.6%)	22 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.4%)	92.9	32^nd of 686 public elementary schools	95.3%		94	22^nd of 680 public elementary schools	96.8%	10	85.1	70.6	45.9	72.8				84.3			100.0	89.2	91.8	93.0				$10,963	$756	$9,970
Dothan 6th Grade Center	Public	6	600 Girard Ave	Dothan	36303	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 794-1426	449	23	19.5	78.6%	77 (17.1%)	306 (68.2%)	47 (10.5%)	10 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)								(n/a)				5.9										36.2				$9,510	$1,606	$7,666
Girard Elementary School	Public	K-5	522 Girard Ave	Dothan	36303	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 794-1467	380	23	16.5	89.5%	49 (12.9%)	289 (76.1%)	23 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.5%)	5.1	678^th of 686 public elementary schools	1.2%		5	673^rd of 680 public elementary schools	1.0%	5	8.6	2.3	10.0					14.0			35.1	9.3	37.5					$11,590	$2,606	$8,755
Heard Elementary School	Public	K-5	201 Daniel Cir	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 794-1471	389	21	18.5	65.8%	115 (29.6%)	209 (53.7%)	37 (9.5%)	10 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.4%)	32.4	476^th of 686 public elementary schools	30.6%		29.8	474^th of 680 public elementary schools	30.3%	2	30.6	19.6	16.0					33.3			67.4	56.9	60.0					$8,142	$635	$7,269
Selma Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	1501 W Selma St	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 740-4371	421	21	20.0	85.0%	42 (10.0%)	291 (69.1%)	58 (13.8%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.2%)	25.8	515^th of 686 public elementary schools	24.9%		33	462^nd of 680 public elementary schools	32.1%	53	17.1	14.8	25.0					44.4			46.5	44.4	63.5					$11,300	$2,679	$8,383
Faine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1901 Stringer St	Dothan	36303	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 794-1455	326	22	14.8	84.4%	9 (2.8%)	296 (90.8%)	12 (3.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	7.7	666^th of 686 public elementary schools	2.9%		5.7	670^th of 680 public elementary schools	1.5%	4	4.2	5.9	7.1					17.7			26.0	20.6	55.2					$10,275	$2,211	$7,834
PASS Academy	Public	7-12	323 W Selma Street	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	No	(334) 671-1474																			(n/a)
Dothan Technology Center	Public	10-12	3165 Reeves St	Dothan	36303	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	No	(334) 794-1436																			(n/a)
Hidden Lake Primary School	Public	K-2	1475 Prevatt Rd	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 794-1491	476	28	17.0	83.4%	83 (17.4%)	313 (65.8%)	37 (7.8%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.6%)								(n/a)																		$9,711	$1,309	$8,164
Highlands Elementary School	Public	K-5	1400 S Brannon Stand Rd	Dothan	36305	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	No	(334) 794-1459	501	33	15.1	38.7%	299 (59.7%)	109 (21.8%)	55 (11.0%)	37 (7.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70.8	192^nd of 686 public elementary schools	72.0%		61.2	266^th of 680 public elementary schools	60.9%	74	54.0	54.4	37.7					67.7			77.0	69.1	73.1					$8,606	$701	$7,667
Morris Slingluff Elementary School	Public	K-5	4130 Westgate Parkway	Dothan	36303	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 794-1479	381	21	18.1	84.5%	42 (11.0%)	287 (75.3%)	39 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.1%)	5	681^st of 686 public elementary schools	0.7%		10.1	637^th of 680 public elementary schools	6.3%	44	10.9	3.8	5.9					11.3			38.2	13.2	35.3					$11,567	$2,642	$8,694
Beverlye Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1025 S Beverlye Rd	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 794-1432	338	16	21.1	84.0%	38 (11.2%)	247 (73.1%)	29 (8.6%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.3%)	5.5	676^th of 686 public elementary schools	1.5%		7.8	659^th of 680 public elementary schools	3.1%	17	2.3	2.8	3.0					22.6			30.6	32.7	27.0					$8,529	$728	$7,564
Dothan High School	Public	10-12	3209 Reeves St	Dothan	36303	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 794-1410	1,588	84	18.9	61.5%	472 (29.7%)	920 (57.9%)	144 (9.1%)	30 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (1.3%)	38.2	239^th of 386 public high schools	38.1%		55	155^th of 374 public high schools	58.6%	84							16.7			23.2							28.4	$9,793	$1,107	$8,448
Kelly Springs Elementary School	Public	K-5	1124 Kelly Springs Rd	Dothan	36303	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 983-6565	516	30	17.2	72.5%	108 (20.9%)	281 (54.5%)	81 (15.7%)	15 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.8%)	23.2	532^nd of 686 public elementary schools	22.4%		19.8	545^th of 680 public elementary schools	19.9%	13	16.4	12.0	30.7					40.0			41.7	50.7	52.0					$10,321	$2,045	$8,049
Dothan Preparatory Academy	Public	7-8	1236 South Oates Street	Dothan	36031	Macon County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 794-1400	1,034	56	18.4	71.3%	256 (24.8%)	641 (62.0%)	96 (9.3%)	15 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	20 (1.9%)	31.3	312^th of 449 public middle schools	30.5%		27.6	320^th of 439 public middle schools	27.1%	8					10.6	10.1			43.6						45.8	48.3
Dothan City Early Education Center	Public	PK	1665 Honeysuckle Road	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	No	(334) 794-1420	183	11	16.6		48 (26.2%)	102 (55.7%)	15 (8.2%)	8 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.5%)								(n/a)
Dothan City Virtual School	Public, Virtual	7-12	323 W Selma Street	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	Yes	Yes	(334) 794-7444	226	16	14.1	54.0%	84 (37.2%)	117 (51.8%)	20 (8.8%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	20.4	313^th of 386 public high schools	18.9%		34.1	231^st of 374 public high schools	38.2%	82					22.2	16.1	7.3		48.4	17.4					77.8	54.8	18.2
Carver 9th Grade Academy	Public	9	1001 Webb Road	Dothan	36303	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 794-1432	583	34	17.1	71.2%	127 (21.8%)	380 (65.2%)	55 (9.4%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.2%)								(n/a)
Rehobeth High School	Public	9-12	373 Malvern Road	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	No	(334) 677-7002	786	38	20.6	48.0%	584 (74.3%)	95 (12.1%)	79 (10.1%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.7%)	79.6	62^nd of 386 public high schools	83.9%		55.9	152^nd of 374 public high schools	59.4%	90							33.1			40.7							51.8	$7,799	$707	$7,080
Houston County Alternative School	Public, Alternative	K-12	315 N Foster St	Dothan	36303	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	No	(334) 671-9295																			(n/a)
Houston County Area Vocational Center	Public	9-12	662 West Main	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	No	(334) 899-3308																			(n/a)
Rehobeth Primary School	Public	PK, KG-3	5525 County Road 203	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Houston County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(334) 677-5153	761	48	15.8	52.4%	516 (67.8%)	70 (9.2%)	110 (14.5%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (7.1%)								(n/a)	69.8										77.5
Emmanuel Christian School	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	PK, KG-12	178 Earline Rd	Dothan	36305	Houston County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(334) 792-0935																			(n/a)
Westgate Christian School	Private, Church of Christ	PK, KG-5	617 Westgate Pkwy	Dothan	36303	Houston County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(334) 793-3399	185	7	6.0		27 (14.6%)	7 (3.8%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)								(n/a)
Houston Academy	Private, Nonsectarian	PK, KG-12	901 Buena Vista Dr	Dothan	36303	Houston County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(334) 794-4106	732	51	13.2		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Beulah Land Christian Academy	Private, Baptist	PK-K	280 Headland Ave	Dothan	36303	Houston County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(334) 699-2310	63	12	.4		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
New Day Academy	Private, Nonsectarian	6-12	700 E Cottonwood Rd	Dothan	36301	Houston County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(334) 794-7373	65	6	10.8		35 (53.8%)	24 (36.9%)	4 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)								(n/a)
Bethel Christian Academy	Private, Baptist	PK, KG-11	3257 E Cottonwood Rd	Dothan	36301	Houston County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(334) 671-1567	172	18	8.0		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Dothan Montessori School	Private, Nonsectarian	PK-K	205 Holly Ln	Dothan	36301	Houston County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(334) 671-7170	22	2	.5		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.5%)								(n/a)
First United Methodist Church Daycare/Preschool	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	PK-K	1380 W Main St	Dothan	36301	Houston County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(334) 793-2179																			(n/a)
Northside Methodist Church & Academy	Private, Methodist	PK, KG-12	2600 Redmond Rd	Dothan	36303	Houston County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(334) 794-7273	627	41	14.0		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Providence Christian School	Private, Presbyterian	1-12	4847 Murphy Mill Rd	Dothan	36303	Houston County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(334) 702-8933																			(n/a)

Cities Near Dothan

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rehobeth	5.36 mi	2	29^th
Midland City	9.51 mi	2	122^nd
Webb	9.67 mi	1	21^st
Ashford	11.02 mi	3	87^th
Pinckard	11.12 mi	1	151^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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