Best Cities in Alabama for Schools

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Rank (of 309)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2023)	Rank (2022)	Rank change from 2022
1^st	Mountain Brook	4	1	1	0	0	0.994	2	1
2^nd	Vestavia	0	2	0	0	2	0.986	1	1
3^rd	Vestavia Hills	5	0	1	1	1	0.971	3
4^th	Hampton Cove	1	1	0	0	0	0.971	10	6
5^th	Homewood	3	1	1	0	0	0.959	6	1
6^th	Big Cove	1	0	0	0	0	0.949	8	2
7^th	Saraland	2	1	1	0	2	0.945	5	2
8^th	Madison	8	3	3	0	4	0.94	9	1
9^th	Auburn	10	2	1	1	3	0.938	11	2
10^th	Spanish Fort	2	1	1	0	0	0.933	14	4
11^th	Hoover	11	3	4	0	5	0.924	15	4
12^th	Hartselle	4	2	2	0	1	0.911	35	23
13^th	Fairhope	3	1	1	0	3	0.91	13
14^th	Piedmont	1	1	1	0	0	0.909	23	9
15^th	Muscle Shoals	4	1	2	0	0	0.905		(n/a)
16^th	Morris	1	0	0	1	0	0.894	200	184
17^th	Chelsea	2	1	1	0	0	0.894	16	1
18^th	Springville	1	1	1	0	0	0.892	25	7
19^th	Cropwell	1	0	0	0	0	0.891	19
20^th	Gulf Shores	1	1	1	0	0	0.882	17	3
21^st	Winfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.882	27	6
22^nd	Elberta	1	1	1	0	2	0.879	22
23^rd	Bremen	1	0	1	0	0	0.874	20	3
24^th	Helena	2	1	1	0	4	0.847	21	3
25^th	Pike Road	1	3	1	0	0	0.842	28	3
26^th	Skipperville	1	0	1	0	0	0.833	18	8
27^th	Enterprise	7	2	2	0	2	0.829	36	9
28^th	Wilsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.828	44	16
29^th	Arab	3	1	1	0	0	0.827	40	11
30^th	Trussville	4	2	1	0	3	0.827	32	2
31^st	Alabaster	2	1	1	1	5	0.823	50	19
32^nd	Daphne	4	2	2	0	3	0.818	26	6
33^rd	Rehobeth	1	1	0	0	0	0.815	31	2
34^th	Deatsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.813	51	17
35^th	Rainbow City	1	1	0	1	1	0.81	30	5
36^th	New Market	2	2	1	0	0	0.806	39	3
37^th	Dutton	1	0	0	0	0	0.805	55	18
38^th	Jacksonville	2	0	3	1	2	0.795	24	14
39^th	Headland	1	1	1	0	0	0.794	87	48
40^th	Hazel Green	1	1	1	0	1	0.793	29	11
41^st	Prattville	4	2	4	1	8	0.792	49	8
42^nd	Eva	1	0	0	0	0	0.788	121	79
43^rd	Slocomb	1	1	1	0	0	0.785	84	41
44^th	Brewton	2	1	2	0	0	0.785	78	34
45^th	Killen	1	0	2	0	1	0.783	52	7
46^th	Owens Cross Roads	1	0	1	0	2	0.776	46
47^th	Geneva	1	1	2	0	0	0.776	47
48^th	Southside	1	0	1	0	0	0.769	34	14
49^th	Oxford	1	2	2	0	1	0.766	37	12
50^th	Alexandria	1	1	1	0	0	0.762	53	3
51^st	Eclectic	1	1	1	0	0	0.76	38	13
52^nd	Hamilton	1	1	2	0	0	0.756	63	11
53^rd	Fruithurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.754	67	14
54^th	Vinemont	2	2	1	0	1	0.753	82	28
55^th	Millbrook	1	1	1	0	2	0.752	54	1
56^th	Salem	1	0	0	0	0	0.749	81	25
57^th	Webb	1	0	0	0	0	0.747	57
58^th	Harvest	4	0	1	1	2	0.747	43	15
59^th	New Hope	1	0	1	0	0	0.743	69	10
60^th	Scottsboro	3	2	1	1	0	0.735	33	27
61^st	Pelham	2	1	1	1	1	0.729	48	13
62^nd	Perdido	1	0	0	0	0	0.729	42	20
63^rd	Flomaton	1	0	2	1	0	0.72	83	20
64^th	Moody	1	2	1	0	1	0.718	79	15
65^th	Smiths Station	3	1	1	1	1	0.715	61	4
66^th	Hartford	1	1	1	0	0	0.71	56	10
67^th	Haleyville	1	1	2	0	0	0.709	66	1
68^th	Andalusia	2	2	2	1	0	0.709	58	10
69^th	Stapleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.709	62	7
70^th	Shelby	1	0	0	0	0	0.706	45	25
71^st	Nauvoo	1	0	0	0	0	0.703	126	55
72^nd	Hayden	2	1	1	0	0	0.699	60	12
73^rd	Mount Olive	1	0	0	0	0	0.699	41	32
74^th	Ashford	1	1	1	0	0	0.696	156	82
75^th	Heflin	2	1	3	0	0	0.694	72	3
76^th	Marbury	0	1	0	0	0	0.691	119	43
77^th	Gardendale	2	1	1	0	4	0.689	89	12
78^th	Ohatchee	1	0	1	0	0	0.684	71	7
79^th	Bridgeport	1	1	0	0	0	0.683	85	6
80^th	Cleveland	1	0	2	1	0	0.679	100	20
81^st	Holly Pond	1	1	1	0	0	0.676	141	60
82^nd	Guin	1	0	1	0	0	0.672	105	23
83^rd	Centre	1	1	2	0	0	0.671	73	10
84^th	Banks	1	0	0	0	0	0.667	86	2
85^th	Cullman	8	3	7	2	5	0.666	96	11
86^th	Opp	2	1	1	0	0	0.664	108	22
87^th	Oneonta	1	1	1	2	1	0.66	97	10
88^th	Demopolis	2	1	1	0	1	0.657	101	13
89^th	Coker	1	0	0	0	0	0.654	146	57
90^th	Newton	2	0	1	1	0	0.654	12	78
91^st	Flat Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.654	76	15
92^nd	Robertsdale	3	1	2	0	1	0.653	113	21
93^rd	Ardmore	1	0	1	0	0	0.651	88	5
94^th	Munford	1	1	1	0	0	0.649	116	22
95^th	Fosters	1	0	0	0	0	0.649	124	29
96^th	Glencoe	1	1	1	0	1	0.647	59	37
97^th	Woodstock	1	0	0	0	0	0.641	80	17
98^th	Tuscumbia	4	1	3	1	1	0.638	145	47
99^th	Pisgah	1	0	0	1	0	0.636	104	5
100^th	Cordova	1	1	1	0	0	0.631	70	30
101^st	Florence	6	2	2	4	4	0.629	117	16
102^nd	Grant	1	1	1	0	0	0.629	74	28
103^rd	Locust Fork	1	0	1	0	0	0.625	103
104^th	Guntersville	4	2	3	1	0	0.625	115	11
105^th	Addison	1	0	1	0	0	0.623	162	57
106^th	Satsuma	2	0	1	0	1	0.618	123	17
107^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0	0.618	114	7
108^th	Thomasville	1	2	2	0	0	0.616	142	34
109^th	Weaver	1	0	1	0	0	0.615	140	31
110^th	Jasper	5	3	3	2	1	0.615	102	8
111^th	Mount Hope	1	0	0	0	0	0.613	151	40
112^th	Kimberly	0	1	1	0	0	0.613	64	48
113^th	Somerville	2	0	2	0	1	0.613	91	22
114^th	Boaz	5	1	1	0	1	0.611	106	8
115^th	Troy	1	1	5	0	2	0.604	198	83
116^th	Gurley	1	0	1	0	0	0.603	92	24
117^th	Red Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.603	94	23
118^th	Ranburne	1	0	1	0	0	0.6	68	50
119^th	Baileyton	1	0	0	0	0	0.597	99	20
120^th	Duncanville	1	1	0	0	0	0.596	93	27
121^st	Logan	1	0	0	0	0	0.596	111	10
122^nd	Hollywood	1	0	1	1	0	0.594	109	13
123^rd	Berry	1	0	1	0	0	0.593	196	73
124^th	Athens	8	1	4	2	2	0.593	95	29
125^th	Coosada	1	0	0	0	0	0.593	90	35
126^th	Grand Bay	2	1	0	0	0	0.59	134	8
127^th	Wilmer	3	0	0	0	0	0.588	110	17
128^th	Hanceville	1	1	1	0	0	0.588	118	10
129^th	Parrish	1	0	0	0	0	0.586	180	51
130^th	Columbiana	1	1	3	0	1	0.575	112	18
131^st	Fort Payne	4	1	2	0	0	0.575	163	32
132^nd	Cottonwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.572		(n/a)
133^rd	Ashville	1	1	2	2	2	0.57	183	50
134^th	Chatom	1	0	2	0	0	0.568	77	57
135^th	Dora	1	0	2	0	1	0.568	176	41
136^th	Sylacauga	3	1	2	1	2	0.568	125	11
137^th	Steele	1	0	0	0	0	0.568	107	30
138^th	Decatur	13	4	6	2	4	0.567	127	11
139^th	Opelika	8	2	3	0	2	0.564	120	19
140^th	Irvington	4	0	2	0	0	0.563	152	12
141^st	Loxley	1	0	0	0	0	0.56	139	2
142^nd	Northport	7	4	2	1	0	0.559	128	14
143^rd	Pell City	3	3	1	1	3	0.557	149	6
144^th	West Blocton	1	1	2	0	0	0.554	153	9
145^th	Brookwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.547	136	9
146^th	Lynn	1	0	1	0	0	0.544	178	32
147^th	Hokes Bluff	1	1	1	0	0	0.544	160	13
148^th	Woodland	1	0	1	0	0	0.544	199	51
149^th	Arley	1	0	1	0	0	0.543	233	84
150^th	New Brockton	1	0	1	0	1	0.537	132	18
151^st	Silverhill	1	0	0	0	0	0.534	98	53
152^nd	Vincent	1	0	1	0	0	0.532	213	61
153^rd	Childersburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.532	173	20
154^th	Goshen	1	0	1	0	0	0.53	155	1
155^th	Pinckard	0	1	0	0	0	0.529	143	12
156^th	Odenville	3	1	1	0	0	0.525	171	15
157^th	Toney	1	1	0	0	0	0.522	65	92
158^th	Bayou La Batre	0	1	0	0	0	0.522	138	20
159^th	Roanoke	2	1	1	0	1	0.52	159
160^th	Plantersville	1	0	1	0	0	0.52	209	49
161^st	Wetumpka	2	2	2	1	1	0.52	130	31
162^nd	Section	1	0	0	1	0	0.516	185	23
163^rd	Fayette	1	1	1	1	0	0.514	129	34
164^th	Lester	1	0	1	0	0	0.513	131	33
165^th	Elkmont	1	0	1	0	1	0.511	184	19
166^th	Huntsville	29	13	10	4	27	0.511	150	16
167^th	Ozark	3	1	2	1	1	0.507	165	2
168^th	Leeds	2	1	1	0	1	0.507	137	31
169^th	Bryant	1	0	0	0	2	0.503	205	36
170^th	East Brewton	1	1	1	0	0	0.502	243	73
171^st	Phil Campbell	1	0	1	1	0	0.5	169	2
172^nd	Buhl	1	1	1	0	0	0.499	167	5
173^rd	Semmes	2	1	1	0	3	0.498	133	40
174^th	Phenix City	11	2	1	2	2	0.497	174
175^th	Russellville	3	1	4	1	0	0.493	157	18
176^th	Brundidge	1	0	1	0	0	0.493	197	21
177^th	Alexander City	2	2	1	0	1	0.492	190	13
178^th	Calera	2	0	1	0	0	0.491	168	10
179^th	Double Springs	1	1	2	0	0	0.488	166	13
180^th	Henagar	1	0	0	0	0	0.488	144	36
181^st	Sardis City	0	1	1	0	0	0.483	161	20
182^nd	Montevallo	1	2	1	0	1	0.482	186	4
183^rd	Lockhart	1	0	0	0	0	0.481	158	25
184^th	Falkville	1	0	1	0	0	0.48	170	14
185^th	Moulton	1	1	3	0	1	0.478	172	13
186^th	Warrior	1	1	1	0	0	0.474	75	111
187^th	Citronelle	1	1	2	0	1	0.472	187
188^th	Sumiton	1	1	0	0	1	0.469	235	47
189^th	Anniston	10	3	5	0	5	0.467	193	4
190^th	Bay Minette	3	2	2	0	0	0.465	177	13
191^st	Tallassee	1	1	1	1	0	0.464	147	44
192^nd	Altoona	1	0	0	0	0	0.456	122	70
193^rd	Summerdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.448	164	29
194^th	Douglas	2	1	1	0	0	0.447	148	46
195^th	Seale	1	1	2	0	1	0.442	194	1
196^th	Foley	3	1	1	0	2	0.439	195	1
197^th	Hackleburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.435	189	8
198^th	Mount Vernon	2	0	0	0	0	0.432	175	23
199^th	Tuscaloosa	16	6	7	0	7	0.43	182	17
200^th	Grove Hill	1	1	1	0	1	0.427	224	24
201^st	Florala	0	0	1	0	0	0.424	244	43
202^nd	Ashland	1	0	0	0	2	0.424	192	10
203^rd	Wedowee	1	1	3	0	0	0.419	218	15
204^th	Trinity	2	2	3	0	0	0.419	221	17
205^th	Gadsden	11	3	5	0	4	0.417	202	3
206^th	Attalla	3	1	2	1	0	0.416	179	27
207^th	Centreville	0	1	1	0	1	0.413	214	7
208^th	Samson	1	1	1	0	0	0.409	225	17
209^th	Irondale	1	1	1	0	1	0.403	219	10
210^th	Clanton	1	2	3	0	0	0.394	203	7
211^th	Lineville	1	1	1	0	0	0.393	181	30
212^th	Dothan	12	1	6	3	10	0.392	206	6
213^th	Quinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.391	188	25
214^th	Randolph	1	0	0	0	0	0.39	239	25
215^th	Clay	1	0	0	0	0	0.385	228	13
216^th	Gordo	1	0	1	0	0	0.378	207	9
217^th	Mobile	35	14	9	3	30	0.378	226	9
218^th	Lipscomb	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	270	52
219^th	Mc Calla	2	1	1	0	2	0.368	201	18
220^th	Dadeville	1	1	1	0	0	0.368	250	30
221^st	Reform	1	0	1	0	0	0.367	216	5
222^nd	Blountsville	2	0	2	0	1	0.362	208	14
223^rd	Danville	2	1	1	0	0	0.361	154	69
224^th	Leighton	2	0	1	0	0	0.358	248	24
225^th	Stevenson	1	1	1	0	0	0.355	212	13
226^th	Walnut Grove	0	0	1	0	0	0.353	245	19
227^th	Albertville	4	2	2	0	1	0.352	238	11
228^th	Elba	1	0	2	0	0	0.351	252	24
229^th	Oakman	1	0	1	0	0	0.35	253	24
230^th	Valley	4	1	2	0	2	0.347	210	20
231^st	Jackson	2	1	1	0	1	0.346	263	32
232^nd	Midland City	1	0	1	0	0	0.341	191	41
233^rd	Columbia	0	0	1	0	0	0.339	135	98
234^th	Carbon Hill	1	0	2	0	0	0.332	211	23
235^th	Pleasant Grove	1	2	1	0	0	0.329	232	3
236^th	Bear Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.327	222	14
237^th	Graysville	1	0	0	0	0	0.326	234	3
238^th	Alpine	1	0	1	1	0	0.324	231	7
239^th	Laceys Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.322	259	20
240^th	Loachapoka	1	0	1	0	0	0.319	254	14
241^st	Valley Grande	1	1	0	0	0	0.318	274	33
242^nd	Moundville	2	1	1	0	0	0.316	217	25
243^rd	Rockford	1	1	1	0	0	0.314	242	1
244^th	Brent	1	0	0	0	0	0.312	257	13
245^th	Eufaula	2	1	2	1	2	0.31	223	22
246^th	Sheffield	2	1	1	0	0	0.301	230	16
247^th	Town Creek	2	0	1	0	0	0.3	215	32
248^th	Evergreen	2	1	2	1	1	0.297	249	1
249^th	Cherokee	1	0	1	0	0	0.296	241	8
250^th	Vance	1	1	0	0	0	0.288	237	13
251^st	Greenville	2	1	2	0	1	0.285	261	10
252^nd	Theodore	2	1	1	0	1	0.273	251	1
253^rd	Lanett	2	1	1	0	1	0.273	262	9
254^th	Bon Secour	1	0	0	0	0	0.272	204	50
255^th	Jemison	1	2	1	0	1	0.265	246	9
256^th	Montgomery	33	10	17	2	26	0.261	255	1
257^th	Birmingham	46	11	19	4	43	0.253	268	11
258^th	Notasulga	1	0	1	1	0	0.251	227	31
259^th	Daleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.244	229	30
260^th	Hope Hull	1	0	0	0	1	0.238	260
261^st	Bessemer	8	1	4	1	5	0.238	273	12
262^nd	Fultondale	1	0	0	0	0	0.232	258	4
263^rd	Hueytown	2	1	1	1	1	0.226	256	7
264^th	Cottondale	1	2	1	0	1	0.22	275	11
265^th	Talladega	5	1	4	3	1	0.214	278	13
266^th	Linden	1	1	1	0	1	0.208	290	24
267^th	Gilbertown	1	0	1	0	0	0.204	247	20
268^th	Pinson	2	1	2	0	2	0.2	267	1
269^th	Tanner	1	0	1	0	0	0.199	277	8
270^th	Chickasaw	1	1	1	1	1	0.199	271	1
271^st	Brighton	1	0	0	0	0	0.199	296	25
272^nd	Atmore	3	1	1	0	3	0.194	281	9
273^rd	Castleberry	1	0	0	0	0	0.181		(n/a)
274^th	Ramer	1	0	0	0	0	0.181	294	20
275^th	Livingston	2	0	1	1	0	0.175	220	55
276^th	Crossville	1	1	1	0	1	0.168	266	10
277^th	Repton	1	0	0	0	0	0.154	276	1
278^th	Hayneville	2	1	3	0	0	0.154	307	29
279^th	Prichard	3	0	2	0	3	0.149	269	10
280^th	Lafayette	1	1	3	0	1	0.145	291	11
281^st	Butler	1	0	1	0	1	0.143	293	12
282^nd	Mc Intosh	1	0	1	0	0	0.14	282
283^rd	Holt	0	0	1	0	0	0.14	295	12
284^th	Eight Mile	2	0	1	0	0	0.139	286	2
285^th	Adamsville	2	1	1	0	0	0.138	285
286^th	Abbeville	1	0	1	1	1	0.136	264	22
287^th	Monroeville	1	1	2	1	1	0.131	279	8
288^th	Orrville	1	0	1	0	0	0.125	310	22
289^th	Marion	1	0	1	1	1	0.112		(n/a)
290^th	Greensboro	1	1	2	0	1	0.108	283	7
291^st	Alberta	1	0	0	0	0	0.107	302	11
292^nd	Aliceville	1	0	1	0	0	0.1	299	7
293^rd	Shorter	1	0	0	0	0	0.099	306	13
294^th	Pine Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.097	272	22
295^th	Tuskegee	1	1	2	0	0	0.096	289	6
296^th	Selma	10	3	4	2	5	0.091	292	4
297^th	Camden	1	1	1	1	2	0.091	298	1
298^th	Letohatchee	0	0	1	0	0	0.089	287	11
299^th	Union Springs	1	1	2	0	1	0.088	300	1
300^th	Tuskegee Institute	0	1	1	0	1	0.085	284	16
301^st	Center Point	1	1	1	0	0	0.079	304	3
302^nd	Clayton	1	0	1	1	0	0.076	288	14
303^rd	Midfield	1	1	2	0	0	0.071	303
304^th	Fairfield	3	0	2	1	2	0.071	297	7
305^th	Fort Deposit	1	1	0	0	0	0.067	301	4
306^th	Eutaw	1	1	3	0	0	0.034	305	1
307^th	Louisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.031	309	2
308^th	Cuba	1	0	0	0	0	0.029	265	43
309^th	York	0	0	1	0	0	0.008	308	1

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Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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

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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.