County / FIPS 01033
Colbert County
Alabama
Colbert County runs 25 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
25
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
593
Colbert County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
58,022
Median household income
$60,628
Poverty rate
17.4%
Unemployment rate
3.1%
Median home value
$171,000
Median gross rent
$887
Bachelor's degree or higher
21.7%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Colbert County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$584.8M
Per resident
$10,218
Change since FY2021
+36%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $428M |
| 2022 | $389M |
| 2023 | $417M |
| 2024 | $432M |
| 2025 | $585M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Colbert County ranks 792nd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Colbert County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Keller Hospital | Sheffield | |
| North Alabama Shoals Hospital | Muscle Shoals | Not rated |
Public schools in Colbert County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Elementary School | Colbert County | Cherokee | 228 |
| Cherokee High School | Colbert County | Cherokee | 221 |
| Colbert County High School | Colbert County | Leighton | 455 |
| Colbert Heights Elementary School | Colbert County | Tuscumbia | 473 |
| Colbert Heights High School | Colbert County | Tuscumbia | 484 |
| Deshler High School | Tuscumbia City | Tuscumbia | 434 |
| Deshler Middle School | Tuscumbia City | Tuscumbia | 349 |
| G W Trenholm Primary School | Tuscumbia City | Tuscumbia | 420 |
| Hatton Elementary School | Colbert County | Leighton | 242 |
| Highland Park Elementary School | Muscle Shoals City | Muscle Shoals | 221 |
| Howell Graves Preschool | Muscle Shoals City | Muscle Shoals | 340 |
| L E Willson Elementary School | Sheffield City | Sheffield | 275 |
| Leighton Elementary School | Colbert County | Leighton | 355 |
| Muscle Shoals High School | Muscle Shoals City | Muscle Shoals | 853 |
| Muscle Shoals Middle School | Muscle Shoals City | Muscle Shoals | 648 |
| New Bethel Elementary School | Colbert County | Tuscumbia | 163 |
| R E Thompson Intermediate School | Tuscumbia City | Tuscumbia | 310 |
| Sheffield High School | Sheffield City | Sheffield | 278 |
| Sheffield Junior High School | Sheffield City | Sheffield | 186 |
| Wa Threadgill Primary School | Sheffield City | Sheffield | 304 |
| Webster Elementary School | Muscle Shoals City | Muscle Shoals | 220 |
| Mcbride Elementary School | Muscle Shoals City | Muscle Shoals | 614 |
| Deshler Alternative School | Tuscumbia City | Tuscumbia | — |
| Deshler Career Technical Center | Tuscumbia City | Tuscumbia | — |
| Muscle Shoals Career Academy | Muscle Shoals City | Muscle Shoals | — |