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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 374)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
74	Fayetteville High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	170 W W Averitte Dr	Sylacauga	35151	Talladega County	Talladega County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 315-5550	580	29	19.8	37.2%	522 (90.0%)	24 (4.1%)	14 (2.4%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.4%)	$9,158			$1,141			$7,987	78.2	35	244	170		010318001216
70	Hackleburg High School	Public	6-12	185 School St	Hackleburg	35564	Marion County	Marion County	No	No	No	No	(205) 935-3223	265	14	19.6	58.1%	235 (88.7%)	2 (0.8%)	15 (5.7%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.4%)	$11,427			$2,436			$8,972	78.5	36.1	237	167		010231000866
215	Augusta Evans School	Public, Alternative	1-12	6301 Biloxi Ave	Mobile	36608	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	No	(251) 221-5400	198	28	7	81.3%	73 (36.9%)	107 (54.0%)	8 (4.0%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.0%)	$35,051			$12,486			$22,556	38.8	9.8	368	153		010237001618
137	North Sand Mountain School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	29333 AL Highway 71	Higdon	35958	Jackson County	Jackson County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 597-2368	694	39	17.8	39.3%	530 (76.4%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	140 (20.2%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	$9,637			$1,371			$8,251	59.6	27.1	279	142		010183000662
131	Waterloo High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	311 Schoolhouse Ln	Waterloo	35677	Lauderdale County	Lauderdale County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 766-3100	337	19	18.2	51.9%	324 (96.1%)	5 (1.5%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$11,603			$1,560			$10,036	60.6	27.8	273	142		010201000774
120	Madison County Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	1275 Jordan Rd Building A	Huntsville	35811	Madison County	Madison County	No	No	Yes	No	(256) 852-2557	513	30	17.2	39.6%	347 (67.6%)	56 (10.9%)	37 (7.2%)	12 (2.3%)	31 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.8%)								62.7	31.1	261	141		010222002479
36	Pleasant Home School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	12548 Falco Road	Andalusia	36420	Covington County	Covington County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 222-1315	508	29	17.5	55.1%	443 (87.2%)	32 (6.3%)	21 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$9,216			$1,014			$8,196	88.4	48.8	176	140		010093000361
63	Cordova High School	Public	9-12	183 School Road	Cordova	35550	Walker County	Walker County	No	No	No	No	(205) 483-7404	451	24	19.1	51.7%	376 (83.4%)	20 (4.4%)	39 (8.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	$9,922			$815			$9,104	79.6	46.1	194	131		010345001308
105	Wilson High School	Public	7-12	7601 Highway 17	Florence	35634	Lauderdale County	Lauderdale County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 764-8470	585	37	15.7	48.2%	555 (94.9%)	8 (1.4%)	5 (0.9%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	$8,825			$1,150			$7,668	67	37.2	234	129		010201000775
62	Kinston School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	201 College Street	Kinston	36453	Coffee County	Coffee County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 565-3016	524	32	16.6	42.2%	467 (89.1%)	9 (1.7%)	20 (3.8%)	11 (2.1%)	14 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$9,398			$1,416			$7,967	80	47.4	187	125		010081000323

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Summative Assessment Mathematics, Summative Assessment Science, Summative Assessment English test scores released by the Alabama State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 15, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Alabama State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Alabama State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.