The equity of public-school funding within the United States is an extremely popular and controversial topic. It is also a topic of great importance as it relates to the success of America’s youth and future generations. There has been a tremendous amount of legal action surrounding school finance and funding models used by school districts across the nation. Close to 25 state supreme courts have declared educational funding models to be unconstitutional due to the existence of inequities, such as unequal local tax levels for districts in the same state. This quantitative study seeks to expand upon prior research, focusing on the horizontal equity of school finance in the state of Alabama. This study will also seek to shed light on the impact of the Great Recession of 2008 upon Alabama school districts. The intent of this piece of the study is to determine if Alabama school districts have fully recovered from the recession and to consider any impact upon equity and funding levels. The sample was comprised of all 138 school districts in the state of Alabama. The district data was divided according to per-pupil expenditures. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze all data sets and look for trends. The McLoone Index was used to measure horizontal equity. ANOVA and t-tests were used to further analyze the total data set, including two main variables: district size and district free & reduced lunch percentages. Additionally, a regression analysis was used to see how much variance the variables may explain in the funding levels among districts. A t-test was used to compare the 2008 data to the 2017 data. The analysis compared the per-pupil expenditures considering local and state contributions in each district.