 After a period of growth in the 1980s, Pell City voted to split its school system off from the county system, becoming independent.The system has over 4500 students spread across Pell City High School, Duran Junior High School, Duran South, Iola Roberts Elementary, Walter M. Kennedy Elementary, Coosa Valley Elementary, Eden Elementary, and Elouise and Harold Williams Intermediate School.The system also operates a Trade School as an alternative to college prep courses.