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Best Public Schools in Ashville, AL

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Schools

1,643

Students

Top rankedAshville Middle School172^nd of 449 Alabama middle schools

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Smallest classes

Ashville Elementary School 14.8 students per teacher

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Summary:

The city of Ashville, Alabama, is served by four schools within the St Clair County district, which holds a 3-star rating and ranks at the 50th percentile statewide, offering education from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade to a predominantly lower-income student population. For parents exploring options, the standout performer is Ashville Middle School, which excels in mathematics, exceeding both district and state averages in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade math by more than 10 percentage points. In contrast, Ashville High School shows a significant academic drop-off, with 11th grade math proficiency at just 22.78% and English at 23.08%, despite receiving nearly double the per-student funding ($13,515) compared to the middle school ($6,938).

At the elementary level, Ashville Elementary School is a strong English Language Arts performer, with 3rd graders achieving 75% proficiency, well above the state average of 64.75%, though the school has seen a concerning 20-percentile-point drop in its state ranking over the past year. The SCC Virtual Preparatory Academy presents a mixed picture: it boasts an extraordinary chronic absenteeism rate of just 0.3%—40 times lower than the district average—and even exceeds state averages in 5th grade English, but struggles severely in math, with 0% proficiency in both 5th and 7th grade. This suggests the virtual model may work better for literacy-based instruction than for mathematics.

District-wide, all four schools serve similar socioeconomic populations (51.67% to 54.72% free/reduced lunch), yet academic outcomes vary dramatically, indicating that factors like instructional quality and leadership drive performance gaps. The graduation rate at Ashville High School (84.1%) falls 7.4 points below the state average, while the virtual school's rate is even lower at 69.2%. Parents should also note the middle school's puzzling 23-point drop in 5th grade math proficiency from one year to the next, which may warrant investigation into cohort effects or curriculum changes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2026)							Summative Assessment Science (2026)			Summative Assessment English (2026)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 11th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Summative Assessment English 8th Grade	Summative Assessment English 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ashville Middle School	Public	5-8	33221 Highway 231	Ashville	35953	St. Clair County	St Clair County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 594-7044	371	19	20.0	54.7%	288 (77.6%)	17 (4.6%)	47 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (4.9%)	57.6	172^nd of 449 public middle schools	61.7%		59.1	160^th of 439 public middle schools	63.6%	12			27.2	42.0	30.8	38.8			48.0				64.1	53.8	52.9	49.0		$6,938	$1,128	$5,799
Eden Area Technical Center	Public	9-12	45 County Road 33	Ashville	35953	St. Clair County	St Clair County	No	No	No	No	(205) 594-7055																			(n/a)
Ashville High School	Public	9-12	33215 US Highway 231	Ashville	35953	St. Clair County	St Clair County	No	No	No	No	(205) 594-7943	378	21	17.8	52.9%	306 (81.0%)	11 (2.9%)	42 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (4.8%)	48.9	183^rd of 386 public high schools	52.6%		50.8	174^th of 374 public high schools	53.5%	9							22.8			35.4							23.1	$13,515	$4,345	$9,158
Ruben Yancy Alternative School	Public, Alternative	K-12	466 10th Street	Ashville	35953	St. Clair County	St Clair County	No	No	No	No	(205) 594-7492																			(n/a)
Ashville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	33225 Highway 231	Ashville	35953	St. Clair County	St Clair County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 594-5242	476	32	14.8	54.6%	375 (78.8%)	23 (4.8%)	36 (7.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.6%)	53.8	328^th of 686 public elementary schools	52.2%		71.1	188^th of 680 public elementary schools	72.4%	140	36.4	31.1						52.7			75.0	64.9						$8,619	$979	$7,628
SCC Virtual Preparatory Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	410 Roy Drive	Ashville	36265	Calhoun County	St Clair County	No	No	Yes	No	(205) 594-7131	418	13	32.1	51.7%	339 (81.1%)	34 (8.1%)	22 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.5%)								(n/a)			0.0	20.0	0.0	10.3	15.9		41.4	19.3			72.7	46.7	60.0	51.7	16.9

Cities Near Ashville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Steele	7.65 mi	1	79^th
Ragland	8.71 mi	1
Oneonta	9.12 mi	5	102^nd
Springville	11.46 mi	3	40^th
Odenville	11.6 mi	4	160^th

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.