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Best High Schools in Sylacauga, AL

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Top rankedSylacauga High School73^rd of 374 Alabama high schools

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Summary:

The city of Sylacauga, Alabama is home to two high schools: Sylacauga High School and BB Comer Memorial High School. Based on the available data, Sylacauga High School emerges as the standout school in the area, consistently outperforming its counterpart and the state and county averages on key metrics.

Sylacauga High School boasts a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranks as high as 73rd out of 374 Alabama high schools. The school demonstrates stronger proficiency rates in math, science, and English compared to the Talladega County and Sylacauga City district averages. Additionally, Sylacauga High School maintains a 90% 4-year graduation rate, on par with BB Comer Memorial High School.

In contrast, BB Comer Memorial High School struggles with lower academic performance, particularly in math proficiency, where only 5.97% of 11th-grade students scored proficient or better, compared to 14.54% for the Talladega County district and 23.71% for the state. Despite higher spending per student and a lower student-teacher ratio, BB Comer Memorial High School lags behind its counterpart, suggesting that factors beyond just funding and staffing may be at play.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)			Summative Assessment Science (2025)		Summative Assessment English (2025)			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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 11th 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
Sylacauga High School	Public	9-12	701 N Broadway	Sylacauga	35150	Talladega County	Sylacauga City	No	No	No	No	(256) 249-0911	627	41	15.3	49.9%	315 (50.2%)	254 (40.5%)	34 (5.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.2%)	78.3	73^rd of 374 public high schools	80.5%		65.3	108^th of 378 public high schools	71.4%	35			28.1		37.2			46.9	$10,937	$974	$9,939
BB Comer Memorial High School	Public	7-12	801 Seminole Ave	Sylacauga	35150	Talladega County	Talladega County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 315-5400	395	20	19.6	64.8%	250 (63.3%)	115 (29.1%)	19 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	22.5	286^th of 374 public high schools	23.5%		38.4	229^th of 378 public high schools	39.4%	57	21.9	27.9	6.0	37.7	14.9	46.9	41.0	16.9	$12,170	$2,684	$9,456

Cities Near Sylacauga

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rockford	9.25 mi	2	229^th
Alexander City	14.4 mi	5	191^st
Alpine	14.97 mi	3	237^th
Ashland	16.95 mi	2	105^th
Childersburg	17.39 mi	5	174^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.

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