Houston County Schools serve approximately 6400 students in southeastern Alabama. The system consists of two K-12 schools, one K-5 school, two K-6 schools, one 6-8 school, two 7-12 schools, one 9-12 school, a Career and Technical Center that serves all 9-12 students, one Alternative School, and Hope High School which serves senior high students who are at risk. Houston County Schools employs approximately 725 professional and support personnel with an operating budget of approximately $54 million. Houston County ranks fourth in population among Alabama counties.

Elementary schools all participate in the Alabama Reading Initiative Program, Accelerated Reader Program, and the Step Up to Writing Program. All have elementary physical education programs taught by certified physical education teachers.They all have Honors Programs and music programs. They each have a school nurse on campus throughout the school day and are accredited by SACS.

High schools offer comprehensive courses of study ranging from basic and remedial courses to honors courses as well as dual enrollment courses. These comprehensive courses include a foreign language (Spanish or French), and advanced courses in all subjects including computer science. Students are given the opportunity to refine their skills in Fine Arts through music and drama programs. All high schools are SACS accredited.

In each high school, a computer applications lab offers students the opportunity to work on Microsoft applications. In the Career and Technical Center, a Cisco Networking class as well as a CompTIA A+ class is offered to students who enjoy learning IT skills. Every classroom in the Houston County School System has at least one computer workstation for student use and most have two or more with high speed internet access. A wireless WAN is in place to insure secure and efficient data transfer from school to school and the central office. Odyssey Learning labs are in use in the elementary schools for remediating and reinforcing basic and advanced skills.