Best Cities in Alabama for Schools

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Rank (of 311)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Mountain Brook	4	1	1	0	0	0.993	1
2^nd	Vestavia	0	2	0	0	2	0.989	2
3^rd	Hampton Cove	1	1	0	0	0	0.983	5	2
4^th	Orange Beach	1	0	1	0	0	0.965	4
5^th	Vestavia Hills	5	0	1	1	1	0.958	3	2
6^th	Spanish Fort	2	1	1	0	0	0.955	7	1
7^th	Saraland	2	1	1	0	2	0.948	6	1
8^th	Homewood	3	1	1	0	0	0.944	9	1
9^th	Hartselle	3	2	2	0	1	0.943	8	1
10^th	Fairhope	3	1	1	0	3	0.942	13	3
11^th	Piedmont	1	1	1	0	1	0.922	11
12^th	Winfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.915	15	3
13^th	Madison	9	3	3	0	4	0.914	14	1
14^th	Auburn	10	2	1	1	3	0.914	12	2
15^th	Gulf Shores	1	1	1	0	1	0.911	21	6
16^th	Skipperville	1	0	1	0	0	0.908	20	4
17^th	Hoover	11	3	4	0	6	0.908	10	7
18^th	Muscle Shoals	4	1	2	0	0	0.891	16	2
19^th	Big Cove	1	0	0	0	0	0.89	18	1
20^th	Cropwell	1	0	0	0	0	0.875	26	6
21^st	Nauvoo	1	0	0	0	0	0.867	59	38
22^nd	Morris	1	0	0	1	1	0.866	19	3
23^rd	Coker	1	0	0	0	0	0.865	47	24
24^th	Elberta	1	1	1	0	2	0.865	28	4
25^th	Daphne	3	2	2	0	3	0.864	27	2
26^th	Satsuma	1	0	1	0	1	0.864	75	49
27^th	Helena	2	1	1	0	4	0.862	25	2
28^th	Springville	1	1	1	0	0	0.861	22	6
29^th	Webb	1	0	0	0	0	0.86	17	12
30^th	Chelsea	2	1	1	0	0	0.849	23	7
31^st	Pike Road	1	3	1	0	0	0.845	24	7
32^nd	Lexington	1	0	1	0	0	0.842	51	19
33^rd	Dutton	1	0	0	0	0	0.84	33
34^th	Killen	1	0	2	0	1	0.837	41	7
35^th	Rehobeth	0	2	0	0	0	0.833	30	5
36^th	Eclectic	1	1	1	0	0	0.827	64	28
37^th	Enterprise	7	2	2	0	2	0.821	29	8
38^th	Eva	1	0	0	0	0	0.814	35	3
39^th	Hamilton	1	1	1	0	0	0.813	65	26
40^th	Trussville	4	2	1	0	3	0.808	32	8
41^st	Deatsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.807	58	17
42^nd	Rainbow City	1	1	0	0	1	0.807	44	2
43^rd	Andalusia	2	2	2	1	0	0.806	57	14
44^th	Arab	3	1	1	0	0	0.803	34	10
45^th	Bremen	1	0	1	0	0	0.802	38	7
46^th	Haleyville	1	1	2	0	0	0.802	82	36
47^th	Alabaster	2	1	1	1	5	0.8	36	11
48^th	Salem	1	0	0	0	0	0.799	70	22
49^th	New Hope	1	0	1	0	0	0.795	77	28
50^th	Shelby	1	0	0	0	0	0.791	45	5
51^st	Fruithurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.787	74	23
52^nd	Hackleburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.784	187	135
53^rd	Geneva	1	1	2	0	0	0.781	31	22
54^th	Slocomb	1	1	1	0	0	0.78	39	15
55^th	Scottsboro	3	2	1	1	0	0.778	54	1
56^th	New Market	3	1	1	0	0	0.778	46	10
57^th	Gurley	1	0	1	0	0	0.776	97	40
58^th	Red Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.773	113	55
59^th	Steele	1	0	0	0	0	0.771	129	70
60^th	Cordova	1	1	1	0	0	0.767	78	18
61^st	Brewton	2	1	2	0	0	0.765	60	1
62^nd	Jacksonville	2	0	3	0	1	0.763	37	25
63^rd	Locust Fork	1	0	1	0	0	0.762	76	13
64^th	Southside	1	0	1	0	0	0.757	43	21
65^th	Hayden	2	1	1	0	0	0.754	49	16
66^th	Margaret	1	0	0	0	0	0.744		(n/a)
67^th	Kimberly	0	1	1	0	0	0.743	52	15
68^th	Owens Cross Roads	1	0	1	0	2	0.741	62	6
69^th	Vinemont	2	2	1	0	1	0.741	72	3
70^th	Guin	1	0	1	0	1	0.739	143	73
71^st	Cleveland	1	0	2	1	0	0.738	63	8
72^nd	Hartford	1	1	1	0	0	0.738	61	11
73^rd	Hazel Green	1	1	1	0	1	0.736	69	4
74^th	Alexandria	1	1	1	0	0	0.736	56	18
75^th	Flomaton	1	0	2	1	0	0.735	53	22
76^th	Hokes Bluff	1	1	1	0	0	0.73	95	19
77^th	Millbrook	1	1	1	0	2	0.729	102	25
78^th	Oxford	1	1	2	0	1	0.726	50	28
79^th	Ashford	1	1	1	0	0	0.721	66	13
80^th	Centre	1	1	2	0	0	0.71	110	30
81^st	Harvest	4	0	1	1	3	0.71	84	3
82^nd	Headland	1	1	1	0	0	0.7	48	34
83^rd	Holly Pond	1	1	1	0	0	0.699	83
84^th	Grant	1	1	1	0	0	0.699	79	5
85^th	Wilsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.699	42	43
86^th	Prattville	4	2	4	1	8	0.695	40	46
87^th	Warrior	1	1	0	0	0	0.693	107	20
88^th	Rogersville	1	0	1	0	0	0.684	108	20
89^th	Stapleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.681	124	35
90^th	Arley	1	0	1	0	0	0.681	80	10
91^st	Dora	1	0	2	0	1	0.679	118	27
92^nd	Newton	2	0	1	1	0	0.678	98	6
93^rd	Addison	1	0	1	0	0	0.675	68	25
94^th	Pelham	3	2	1	1	1	0.672	71	23
95^th	Smiths Station	3	1	1	1	1	0.668	67	28
96^th	Oneonta	1	1	1	2	1	0.666	121	25
97^th	Flat Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.666	55	42
98^th	Loxley	2	0	0	0	0	0.665	73	25
99^th	Phil Campbell	1	0	1	1	0	0.662	122	23
100^th	Guntersville	4	2	3	1	0	0.662	119	19
101^st	New Brockton	1	1	1	0	1	0.66	125	24
102^nd	Thomasville	1	2	2	0	0	0.657	149	47
103^rd	Banks	1	0	0	0	0	0.655	169	66
104^th	Tuscumbia	4	1	3	1	1	0.649	101	3
105^th	Ashland	1	0	1	0	2	0.647	112	7
106^th	Jasper	5	3	3	2	1	0.647	81	25
107^th	Demopolis	2	1	1	0	1	0.646	85	22
108^th	Gardendale	2	1	1	0	5	0.645	89	19
109^th	Mount Olive	1	0	0	0	0	0.64	115	6
110^th	Glencoe	1	1	1	0	1	0.639	131	21
111^th	Henagar	1	0	0	0	0	0.637	175	64
112^th	Lester	1	0	1	0	0	0.631	128	16
113^th	Florence	9	2	5	1	4	0.631	123	10
114^th	Wilmer	3	0	0	0	0	0.629	150	36
115^th	Moody	1	2	1	0	1	0.628	103	12
116^th	Somerville	2	0	2	0	1	0.627	106	10
117^th	Robertsdale	3	1	2	0	1	0.62	90	27
118^th	Mount Hope	1	0	0	0	0	0.619	193	75
119^th	Boaz	5	1	1	0	1	0.616	130	11
120^th	Cullman	8	3	7	2	5	0.611	91	29
121^st	Bridgeport	1	1	0	0	0	0.602	96	25
122^nd	Ardmore	1	0	1	0	0	0.602	126	4
123^rd	Marbury	0	1	0	0	0	0.601	99	24
124^th	Cottonwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.601	86	38
125^th	Fosters	1	0	0	0	0	0.6	87	38
126^th	Sylacauga	3	1	2	1	2	0.598	155	29
127^th	Chatom	1	0	2	0	0	0.598	117	10
128^th	Logan	1	0	0	0	0	0.597	161	33
129^th	Woodland	1	0	1	0	0	0.594	154	25
130^th	Opp	2	1	1	0	0	0.59	136	6
131^st	Tallassee	1	1	1	1	0	0.589	139	8
132^nd	Perdido	1	0	0	0	0	0.586	92	40
133^rd	Heflin	2	1	3	0	0	0.584	145	12
134^th	Mount Vernon	2	0	0	0	0	0.584	221	87
135^th	Double Springs	1	1	2	0	0	0.583	93	42
136^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0	0.581	94	42
137^th	Gordo	1	0	1	0	0	0.578	208	71
138^th	Leeds	2	1	1	0	1	0.577	146	8
139^th	Columbiana	1	1	3	0	1	0.577	180	41
140^th	Ranburne	1	0	1	0	0	0.577	176	36
141^st	Buhl	1	1	1	0	0	0.574	148	7
142^nd	Troy	1	1	5	0	3	0.574	163	21
143^rd	Wetumpka	2	2	2	1	1	0.574	152	9
144^th	Pinckard	0	1	0	0	0	0.572	100	44
145^th	Sardis City	0	1	1	0	0	0.569	229	84
146^th	Danville	2	1	1	0	0	0.566	194	48
147^th	Section	1	0	0	1	0	0.564	153	6
148^th	Grand Bay	2	1	0	0	0	0.56	159	11
149^th	Pell City	4	2	1	1	3	0.555	167	18
150^th	Pisgah	1	0	0	1	0	0.555	172	22
151^st	Lipscomb	1	0	0	0	0	0.55	134	17
152^nd	Ohatchee	1	0	1	0	0	0.543	105	47
153^rd	Randolph	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	204	51
154^th	Columbia	0	0	1	0	0	0.543	226	72
155^th	Athens	8	1	4	2	2	0.542	147	8
156^th	Midland City	1	0	1	0	0	0.542	157	1
157^th	Stevenson	1	1	1	0	0	0.531	166	9
158^th	Fayette	1	1	1	1	0	0.529	181	23
159^th	West Blocton	1	1	2	0	0	0.528	183	24
160^th	Decatur	13	4	6	2	4	0.527	178	18
161^st	Baileyton	1	0	0	0	0	0.524	127	34
162^nd	Opelika	8	3	2	1	3	0.521	142	20
163^rd	Roanoke	2	1	1	0	1	0.519	135	28
164^th	Northport	7	4	2	1	0	0.517	164
165^th	Attalla	3	1	2	1	0	0.515	137	28
166^th	Weaver	1	0	1	0	0	0.514	132	34
167^th	Duncanville	1	1	0	0	0	0.514	116	51
168^th	Coosada	1	0	0	0	0	0.512	109	59
169^th	Woodstock	1	0	0	0	0	0.504	114	55
170^th	Munford	1	1	1	0	0	0.503	120	50
171^st	Falkville	1	0	1	0	0	0.5	198	27
172^nd	Ashville	1	1	2	2	2	0.499	162	10
173^rd	Samson	1	1	1	0	0	0.499	88	85
174^th	Childersburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.499	182	8
175^th	Vincent	1	0	1	0	0	0.494	111	64
176^th	Hanceville	1	1	1	0	0	0.491	133	43
177^th	Fort Payne	4	1	2	0	0	0.488	192	15
178^th	Brookwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.487	212	34
179^th	Huntsville	29	13	11	3	29	0.484	185	6
180^th	Walnut Grove	0	0	1	0	0	0.479	258	78
181^st	Hollywood	1	0	1	1	0	0.476	211	30
182^nd	Russellville	3	1	4	1	0	0.474	171	11
183^rd	Cherokee	1	0	1	0	0	0.47	222	39
184^th	Douglas	2	1	1	0	0	0.47	165	19
185^th	Toney	1	1	0	0	0	0.47	186	1
186^th	Irvington	4	0	2	0	1	0.467	168	18
187^th	Parrish	1	0	0	0	0	0.465	104	83
188^th	Semmes	2	1	1	0	3	0.465	179	9
189^th	Bay Minette	3	2	2	0	0	0.464	170	19
190^th	Fort Mitchell	2	0	0	0	0	0.456		(n/a)
191^st	Alexander City	2	2	1	0	2	0.452	156	35
192^nd	Leighton	2	0	1	0	0	0.451	225	33
193^rd	Florala	0	0	1	0	0	0.444	213	20
194^th	Summerdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.444	160	34
195^th	Lineville	1	1	1	0	0	0.444	195
196^th	Brundidge	1	0	1	0	0	0.442	174	22
197^th	Tuscaloosa	16	6	8	1	8	0.442	200	3
198^th	Montevallo	1	2	1	0	1	0.441	190	8
199^th	Clanton	1	2	3	0	0	0.437	205	6
200^th	Goshen	1	0	1	0	0	0.437	188	12
201^st	Elkmont	1	0	1	0	1	0.436	214	13
202^nd	Moulton	1	1	3	0	1	0.434	189	13
203^rd	Foley	3	1	1	0	5	0.434	209	6
204^th	Carbon Hill	1	0	2	0	0	0.426	202	2
205^th	Lockhart	1	0	0	0	0	0.422	227	22
206^th	Citronelle	1	1	2	0	1	0.418	173	33
207^th	Phenix City	9	2	1	2	4	0.417	197	10
208^th	Livingston	3	0	2	0	0	0.416	232	24
209^th	Calera	2	0	1	0	0	0.414	158	51
210^th	Quinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.412	201	9
211^th	Axis	1	0	0	0	0	0.398		(n/a)
212^th	Wedowee	1	1	3	0	0	0.396	216	4
213^th	Laceys Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.396	250	37
214^th	Bryant	1	0	0	0	2	0.394	140	74
215^th	Sumiton	1	1	0	0	1	0.394	210	5
216^th	Anniston	9	3	6	1	6	0.393	196	20
217^th	Elba	1	0	2	0	0	0.393	237	20
218^th	Bayou La Batre	0	1	0	0	0	0.387	141	77
219^th	Lynn	1	0	1	0	0	0.383	138	81
220^th	Valley	3	1	2	0	2	0.377	234	14
221^st	Bear Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.377	220	1
222^nd	Oakman	1	0	1	0	0	0.374	177	45
223^rd	Gadsden	11	3	5	1	4	0.373	207	16
224^th	Ozark	3	1	4	1	1	0.367	184	40
225^th	Odenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.366	151	74
226^th	Berry	1	0	1	0	0	0.361	144	82
227^th	Blountsville	2	0	2	0	1	0.361	206	21
228^th	Trinity	2	2	3	0	0	0.361	191	37
229^th	Rockford	1	1	1	0	0	0.359	239	10
230^th	Irondale	1	1	1	0	1	0.358	219	11
231^st	Mobile	36	14	9	3	32	0.356	228	3
232^nd	Dadeville	1	1	1	0	0	0.35	246	14
233^rd	Moundville	2	1	1	0	0	0.349	217	16
234^th	Pleasant Grove	1	2	1	0	0	0.346	235	1
235^th	Dothan	13	1	7	3	10	0.342	223	12
236^th	Silverhill	1	0	0	0	0	0.338	203	33
237^th	Alpine	1	0	1	1	0	0.334	199	38
238^th	Altoona	1	0	0	0	0	0.331	245	7
239^th	Seale	1	1	2	0	1	0.327	233	6
240^th	Albertville	4	2	2	0	1	0.323	243	3
241^st	East Brewton	1	1	1	0	0	0.321	218	23
242^nd	Jackson	2	1	1	0	1	0.318	224	18
243^rd	Jemison	1	2	1	0	1	0.316	248	5
244^th	Notasulga	1	0	1	1	0	0.314	238	6
245^th	Town Creek	2	0	1	0	0	0.306	231	14
246^th	Centreville	0	1	1	0	1	0.306	240	6
247^th	Clay	1	0	0	0	0	0.301	215	32
248^th	Plantersville	1	0	1	0	0	0.298	236	12
249^th	Grove Hill	1	1	1	0	1	0.29	254	5
250^th	Vance	1	1	0	0	0	0.285	262	12
251^st	Birmingham	44	11	19	5	55	0.279	260	9
252^nd	Valley Grande	1	1	0	0	0	0.277	230	22
253^rd	Daleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.277	249	4
254^th	Mc Calla	2	1	1	0	2	0.271	247	7
255^th	Graysville	1	0	0	0	0	0.265	251	4
256^th	Loachapoka	1	0	1	0	0	0.262	244	12
257^th	Bon Secour	1	0	0	0	0	0.262	241	16
258^th	Brent	1	0	0	0	0	0.26	279	21
259^th	Sheffield	2	1	1	0	0	0.253	255	4
260^th	Montgomery	33	10	17	2	32	0.249	257	3
261^st	Theodore	2	1	1	0	1	0.249	253	8
262^nd	Greenville	2	1	2	0	1	0.242	252	10
263^rd	Reform	1	0	1	0	0	0.237	272	9
264^th	Eufaula	2	1	2	1	2	0.237	242	22
265^th	Tanner	1	0	1	0	0	0.231	278	13
266^th	Hueytown	2	1	1	1	1	0.221	274	8
267^th	Brighton	1	0	0	0	0	0.219	280	13
268^th	Lanett	2	1	1	0	1	0.219	263	5
269^th	Bessemer	9	1	4	1	5	0.217	270	1
270^th	Monroeville	1	1	2	1	1	0.205	261	9
271^st	Tuskegee	1	1	3	0	0	0.203	292	21
272^nd	Evergreen	2	1	3	1	1	0.198	269	3
273^rd	Castleberry	1	0	0	0	0	0.197	276	3
274^th	Repton	1	0	0	0	0	0.196	268	6
275^th	Fort Deposit	1	1	0	0	0	0.191	291	16
276^th	Atmore	4	1	1	0	3	0.191	266	10
277^th	Talladega	3	2	4	3	1	0.191	267	10
278^th	Prichard	3	0	2	0	3	0.186	282	4
279^th	Linden	1	1	1	0	1	0.186	281	2
280^th	Gilbertown	1	0	1	0	0	0.176	256	24
281^st	Lafayette	1	1	3	0	1	0.169	299	18
282^nd	Pine Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.166	271	11
283^rd	Union Springs	1	1	2	0	1	0.161	300	17
284^th	Pinson	2	1	2	0	2	0.154	275	9
285^th	Greensboro	1	1	2	0	1	0.153	288	3
286^th	Cottondale	1	2	1	0	1	0.153	273	13
287^th	Butler	1	0	1	0	1	0.153	289	2
288^th	Crossville	1	1	1	0	1	0.153	286	2
289^th	Shorter	1	0	0	0	0	0.15	264	25
290^th	Hayneville	2	1	3	0	0	0.145	285	5
291^st	Eight Mile	2	0	1	0	0	0.143	290	1
292^nd	Abbeville	1	0	1	1	1	0.141	293	1
293^rd	Chickasaw	1	1	1	1	1	0.137	283	10
294^th	Eutaw	1	1	3	0	0	0.136	306	12
295^th	Selma	10	3	3	3	5	0.13	294	1
296^th	Fultondale	1	0	0	0	0	0.122	259	37
297^th	Camden	1	1	1	1	2	0.122	297
298^th	Adamsville	2	1	1	0	0	0.118	287	11
299^th	Alberta	1	0	0	0	0	0.116	301	2
300^th	Orrville	1	0	1	0	0	0.115	265	35
301^st	Clayton	1	0	1	1	0	0.1	298	3
302^nd	Aliceville	1	0	1	0	0	0.099	277	25
303^rd	Louisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.085	305	2
304^th	Mc Intosh	1	0	1	0	0	0.083	302	2
305^th	Hope Hull	1	0	0	0	1	0.078	284	21
306^th	Fairfield	2	1	2	1	2	0.078	304	2
307^th	York	0	0	1	0	0	0.067	308	1
308^th	Tarrant	2	0	1	0	0	0.055		(n/a)
309^th	Center Point	1	1	1	0	0	0.051	295	14
310^th	Letohatchee	0	0	1	0	0	0.037	307	3
311^th	Midfield	1	1	2	0	0	0.037	303	8

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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