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Welcome to the Demopolis City School System. We strive to provide a program with many levels of advancement that prepares our students to successfully enter any field upon graduation. It is important to assist each student with identifying their individual talents within a specific aspect of school by providing a very broad range of programs. It is our intent to allow every student ample opportunity to discover their niche in life from our diverse course offerings and many activities.

Our district is comprised of four schools, each specializing in a unique curriculum, formulated for the grade levels which reside at their respective locations. These schools include: Westside Elementary; grades K-2, U.S. Jones Elementary; grades 3-5, Demopolis Middle School; grades 6-8, and Demopolis High School; grades 9-12. Also, the Demopolis Board of Education is centrally located for easy access from any of our four schools.

We take great pride in educating our population of over 2,300 students with the highest level of academic excellence. This excellence comes from our highly qualified and dedicated faculty and staff who strive daily to build relationships, continue in their educational expertise, and promote themselves as active role models in our school system and the community. It is our desire that each student succeed in our school system, and surpass all expectations of their family, friends, and co-workers in their future endeavors.

Demopolis City Schools Are Off to a Smooth Start

Demopolis Receives Funding for 4th Alabama First Class Pre-K Program

Westside Elementary School applied for and received funding for a fourth Pre-K program. The anticipated start date for this program is September 4th. The Westside family is happy to serve another 18 four year old students through the national award winning Alabama First Class Pre-K Program. Families on a waiting list have been notified of the program and anticipated start date.

Demopolis BOE Increases Funding for a School Resource Officer at Each School

In a recent BOE meeting, the board approved adding two additional SROs. In August of 2018, each campus will have a dedicated SRO.

DHS and Shelton State are Partnering to Offer Dual Enrollment Welding Beginning in Fall of 2018

Beginning in the fall of 2018, DCSS will offer dual enrollment welding in collaboration with Shelton State Community College. This will be the second tuition free career technical education dual enrollment program available to students, In January of 2017, the HVAC dual enrollment program was established in an effort to support local businesses. We value our partnership with Shelton State and are pleased to establish programs to help the workforce needs in this region of Alabama.

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