Best Cities in Alabama for Schools

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Rank (of 310)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Mountain Brook	4	1	1	0	0	0.992	1
2^nd	Vestavia	0	2	0	0	2	0.989	2
3^rd	Hampton Cove	1	1	0	0	0	0.977	3
4^th	Vestavia Hills	5	0	1	0	1	0.97	5	1
5^th	Orange Beach	1	0	1	0	0	0.96	4	1
6^th	Dauphin Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.958		(n/a)
7^th	Saraland	2	1	1	0	2	0.955	7
8^th	Fairhope	3	1	1	0	3	0.954	10	2
9^th	Homewood	3	1	1	0	0	0.95	8	1
10^th	Hartselle	3	2	2	0	1	0.935	9	1
11^th	Spanish Fort	2	1	1	0	0	0.93	6	5
12^th	Skipperville	1	0	1	0	0	0.924	16	4
13^th	Piedmont	1	1	1	0	1	0.923	11	2
14^th	Muscle Shoals	4	1	2	0	0	0.914	18	4
15^th	Hoover	11	3	4	0	6	0.913	17	2
16^th	Gulf Shores	1	1	1	0	1	0.913	15	1
17^th	Madison	8	3	3	0	4	0.913	13	4
18^th	Big Cove	1	0	0	0	0	0.911	19	1
19^th	Auburn	10	2	1	0	4	0.902	14	5
20^th	Winfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.892	12	8
21^st	Webb	1	0	0	0	0	0.888	29	8
22^nd	Shelby	1	0	0	0	0	0.886	50	28
23^rd	Helena	2	1	1	0	4	0.883	27	4
24^th	Fruithurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.878	51	27
25^th	Dutton	1	0	0	0	0	0.877	33	8
26^th	Morris	1	0	0	1	1	0.876	22	4
27^th	Daphne	3	2	2	0	3	0.875	25	2
28^th	Rehobeth	0	2	0	0	0	0.862	35	7
29^th	Coker	1	0	0	0	0	0.862	23	6
30^th	Cropwell	1	0	0	0	0	0.86	20	10
31^st	Chelsea	2	1	1	0	0	0.859	30	1
32^nd	Satsuma	1	0	1	0	1	0.857	26	6
33^rd	Pike Road	1	3	1	0	0	0.855	31	2
34^th	Elberta	1	1	1	0	2	0.849	24	10
35^th	Geneva	1	1	2	0	0	0.841	53	18
36^th	Alabaster	2	1	1	1	6	0.84	47	11
37^th	Slocomb	1	1	1	0	0	0.832	54	17
38^th	Cleveland	1	0	2	1	0	0.83	71	33
39^th	Hamilton	1	1	1	0	1	0.822	39
40^th	Springville	1	1	1	0	0	0.821	28	12
41^st	Deatsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.814	41
42^nd	Guin	1	0	1	0	1	0.813	70	28
43^rd	Trussville	4	2	1	0	3	0.812	40	3
44^th	Hayden	2	1	1	0	0	0.811	65	21
45^th	Enterprise	7	2	3	0	2	0.811	37	8
46^th	Arab	3	1	1	0	0	0.805	44	2
47^th	Salem	1	0	1	0	0	0.797	48	1
48^th	Hackleburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.794	52	4
49^th	Lexington	1	0	1	0	0	0.783	32	17
50^th	Banks	1	0	0	0	0	0.782	103	53
51^st	Rainbow City	1	1	0	0	1	0.778	42	9
52^nd	Bremen	1	0	1	0	0	0.776	45	7
53^rd	Southside	1	0	1	0	0	0.775	64	11
54^th	Locust Fork	1	0	1	0	0	0.771	63	9
55^th	Margaret	1	0	0	0	0	0.768	66	11
56^th	Alexandria	1	1	1	0	0	0.766	74	18
57^th	Mount Olive	1	0	0	0	0	0.764	109	52
58^th	Killen	1	0	2	0	1	0.759	34	24
59^th	Henagar	1	0	0	0	0	0.756	111	52
60^th	Eva	1	0	0	0	0	0.755	38	22
61^st	Ashland	1	0	1	0	2	0.755	105	44
62^nd	Bridgeport	1	1	0	0	0	0.752	121	59
63^rd	New Market	3	1	1	0	0	0.751	56	7
64^th	Gurley	1	0	1	0	0	0.75	57	7
65^th	Nauvoo	1	0	0	0	0	0.748	21	44
66^th	Kimberly	0	1	1	0	0	0.747	67	1
67^th	Wilsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.741	85	18
68^th	Eclectic	1	1	1	0	0	0.736	36	32
69^th	Scottsboro	3	2	1	1	0	0.734	55	14
70^th	Red Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.732	58	12
71^st	Headland	1	1	1	0	0	0.73	82	11
72^nd	Loxley	2	0	0	0	0	0.729	98	26
73^rd	Brewton	2	1	2	0	0	0.728	61	12
74^th	New Hope	1	0	1	0	0	0.723	49	25
75^th	Andalusia	2	2	2	1	0	0.717	43	32
76^th	Hartford	1	1	1	0	0	0.711	72	4
77^th	Opp	2	1	1	0	0	0.709	130	53
78^th	Cordova	1	1	1	0	0	0.708	60	18
79^th	Haleyville	1	1	2	0	0	0.706	46	33
80^th	Steele	1	0	0	0	0	0.706	59	21
81^st	Newton	2	0	2	0	0	0.703	92	11
82^nd	Millbrook	1	1	1	0	2	0.701	77	5
83^rd	Rogersville	1	0	1	0	0	0.7	88	5
84^th	Ashford	1	1	1	0	0	0.699	79	5
85^th	Vincent	1	0	1	0	0	0.699	175	90
86^th	Ranburne	1	0	1	0	0	0.699	140	54
87^th	Jacksonville	2	0	3	0	1	0.699	62	25
88^th	Columbia	0	0	1	0	0	0.696	154	66
89^th	Flomaton	1	0	1	2	0	0.695	75	14
90^th	Quinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.692	210	120
91^st	Vinemont	2	2	1	0	1	0.692	69	22
92^nd	Perdido	1	0	0	0	0	0.692	132	40
93^rd	Smiths Station	3	1	1	1	1	0.692	95	2
94^th	Heflin	2	1	3	0	0	0.692	133	39
95^th	Glencoe	1	1	1	0	1	0.687	110	15
96^th	Demopolis	2	1	1	0	1	0.685	107	11
97^th	Oxford	1	1	2	0	1	0.685	78	19
98^th	Cottonwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.685	124	26
99^th	Pell City	3	2	1	1	3	0.683	149	50
100^th	Hazel Green	1	1	1	0	1	0.675	73	27
101^st	Buhl	1	1	1	0	0	0.674	141	40
102^nd	Owens Cross Roads	1	0	1	0	2	0.673	68	34
103^rd	Oneonta	1	1	1	2	1	0.673	96	7
104^th	Harvest	4	0	1	0	3	0.671	81	23
105^th	Marbury	0	1	0	0	0	0.668	123	18
106^th	Gardendale	2	1	1	0	5	0.667	108	2
107^th	Wilmer	3	0	0	0	0	0.666	114	7
108^th	Phil Campbell	1	0	1	1	0	0.666	99	9
109^th	Holly Pond	1	2	1	0	0	0.664	83	26
110^th	Robertsdale	3	1	2	0	2	0.649	117	7
111^th	Stapleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.649	89	22
112^th	Section	1	0	0	1	0	0.646	147	35
113^th	Ardmore	1	0	1	0	0	0.645	122	9
114^th	Pelham	3	2	1	1	1	0.644	94	20
115^th	Florala	0	0	1	0	0	0.643	193	78
116^th	Tuscumbia	4	2	3	1	1	0.643	104	12
117^th	Hokes Bluff	1	1	1	0	0	0.641	76	41
118^th	Grant	2	1	1	0	0	0.641	84	34
119^th	Pisgah	1	0	0	1	0	0.639	150	31
120^th	Moody	1	2	1	0	1	0.637	115	5
121^st	Thomasville	1	2	2	0	0	0.637	102	19
122^nd	Midland City	1	0	1	0	0	0.632	156	34
123^rd	Cullman	8	3	7	2	5	0.621	120	3
124^th	Warrior	1	1	0	0	0	0.621	87	37
125^th	Lester	1	0	1	0	0	0.615	112	13
126^th	Sylacauga	3	1	2	1	2	0.614	126
127^th	New Brockton	1	1	1	0	1	0.613	101	26
128^th	Baileyton	1	0	0	0	0	0.608	161	33
129^th	Danville	2	1	1	0	0	0.605	146	17
130^th	Leeds	2	1	1	0	1	0.605	138	8
131^st	Dora	1	0	2	0	1	0.605	91	40
132^nd	Troy	1	1	5	0	3	0.605	142	10
133^rd	Somerville	2	0	2	0	1	0.604	116	17
134^th	Berry	1	0	1	0	0	0.603	226	92
135^th	Tallassee	1	1	1	1	0	0.591	131	4
136^th	Jasper	5	3	3	2	1	0.588	106	30
137^th	Boaz	5	1	1	0	1	0.58	119	18
138^th	Randolph	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	153	15
139^th	Fayette	1	1	1	1	1	0.573	158	19
140^th	Guntersville	3	2	4	1	0	0.573	100	40
141^st	Double Springs	1	1	2	0	0	0.573	135	6
142^nd	Munford	1	1	1	0	0	0.573	170	28
143^rd	Wetumpka	2	2	2	1	1	0.571	143
144^th	Grand Bay	2	1	0	0	0	0.571	148	4
145^th	Centre	1	1	2	0	0	0.567	80	65
146^th	Addison	1	0	1	0	0	0.564	93	53
147^th	Florence	10	1	5	0	4	0.564	113	34
148^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0	0.559	136	12
149^th	Arley	1	0	1	0	0	0.558	90	59
150^th	Bear Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.556	221	71
151^st	Pinckard	0	1	0	0	0	0.555	144	7
152^nd	West Blocton	1	1	2	0	0	0.554	159	7
153^rd	Woodstock	1	0	0	0	0	0.552	169	16
154^th	Northport	7	4	2	1	0	0.552	164	10
155^th	Prattville	5	2	4	2	8	0.54	86	69
156^th	Lockhart	1	0	0	0	0	0.536	205	49
157^th	Ohatchee	1	0	1	0	0	0.536	152	5
158^th	Sardis City	0	1	1	0	0	0.533	145	13
159^th	Odenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.532	225	66
160^th	Columbiana	1	1	4	0	1	0.527	139	21
161^st	Irvington	4	0	2	0	1	0.524	186	25
162^nd	Carbon Hill	1	0	2	0	0	0.523	204	42
163^rd	Childersburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.514	174	11
164^th	Stevenson	1	1	1	0	0	0.512	157	7
165^th	Decatur	13	4	7	1	4	0.512	160	5
166^th	Gordo	1	0	1	0	0	0.511	137	29
167^th	Fosters	1	0	0	0	0	0.51	125	42
168^th	Opelika	8	3	2	1	3	0.506	162	6
169^th	Lineville	1	1	1	0	0	0.503	195	26
170^th	Parrish	1	0	0	0	0	0.501	187	17
171^st	Hanceville	2	1	2	0	0	0.499	176	5
172^nd	Athens	7	1	4	3	2	0.495	155	17
173^rd	Montevallo	1	2	1	0	1	0.492	198	25
174^th	Huntsville	28	13	11	4	30	0.487	179	5
175^th	Fort Payne	3	1	3	0	0	0.487	177	2
176^th	Brookwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.486	178	2
177^th	Alexander City	2	2	1	0	2	0.484	191	14
178^th	Mount Hope	1	0	0	0	0	0.48	118	60
179^th	Walnut Grove	0	0	1	0	0	0.479	180	1
180^th	Chatom	1	0	2	0	0	0.479	127	53
181^st	Phenix City	9	2	1	1	5	0.475	207	26
182^nd	Falkville	1	0	1	0	0	0.475	171	11
183^rd	Russellville	3	1	4	1	0	0.474	182	1
184^th	Coosada	1	0	0	0	0	0.471	168	16
185^th	Semmes	2	1	1	0	3	0.469	188	3
186^th	Lynn	1	0	1	0	0	0.468	219	33
187^th	Silverhill	1	0	0	0	0	0.462	236	49
188^th	Fort Mitchell	2	0	0	0	0	0.459	190	2
189^th	Clanton	1	2	3	0	0	0.458	199	10
190^th	Bryant	1	0	0	0	2	0.458	214	24
191^st	Cherokee	1	0	1	0	0	0.455	183	8
192^nd	Calera	2	0	1	0	0	0.454	209	17
193^rd	Trinity	2	2	3	0	0	0.454	228	35
194^th	Woodland	1	0	1	0	0	0.45	129	65
195^th	Samson	1	1	1	0	0	0.448	173	22
196^th	Roanoke	2	1	1	0	1	0.443	163	33
197^th	Logan	1	0	0	0	0	0.44	128	69
198^th	Elkmont	1	0	1	0	1	0.44	201	3
199^th	Citronelle	1	1	2	0	1	0.434	206	7
200^th	Mount Vernon	2	0	0	0	0	0.431	134	66
201^st	Foley	3	1	1	0	5	0.431	203	2
202^nd	Ashville	1	1	2	2	2	0.428	172	30
203^rd	Duncanville	1	1	0	0	0	0.427	167	36
204^th	Anniston	9	3	6	1	6	0.426	216	12
205^th	Bay Minette	3	2	2	0	0	0.426	189	16
206^th	Tuscaloosa	16	6	10	2	9	0.426	197	9
207^th	Attalla	3	1	2	1	0	0.425	165	42
208^th	Livingston	3	0	2	0	0	0.423	208
209^th	Blountsville	2	0	2	0	1	0.422	227	18
210^th	Valley	3	1	2	0	2	0.417	220	10
211^th	Weaver	1	0	1	0	0	0.415	166	45
212^th	Brundidge	1	0	1	0	0	0.414	196	16
213^th	Wedowee	2	0	3	0	0	0.412	212	1
214^th	Leighton	2	0	1	0	0	0.406	192	22
215^th	Sumiton	1	1	0	0	1	0.405	215
216^th	Toney	1	1	0	0	0	0.402	185	31
217^th	Summerdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.401	194	23
218^th	Bayou La Batre	0	1	0	0	0	0.399	218
219^th	East Brewton	1	1	1	0	0	0.389	241	22
220^th	Reform	1	0	1	0	0	0.387	263	43
221^st	Gadsden	11	3	5	0	4	0.384	223	2
222^nd	Shorter	1	0	0	0	0	0.382	289	67
223^rd	Douglas	2	1	1	0	0	0.376	184	39
224^th	Ozark	3	1	4	1	1	0.375	224
225^th	Goshen	1	0	1	0	0	0.375	200	25
226^th	Elba	1	0	2	0	0	0.369	217	9
227^th	Repton	1	0	0	0	0	0.366	274	47
228^th	Axis	1	0	0	0	0	0.366	211	17
229^th	Dadeville	1	1	1	0	0	0.364	232	3
230^th	Mobile	33	14	9	4	34	0.353	231	1
231^st	Sheffield	2	1	1	0	0	0.349	259	28
232^nd	Alpine	1	0	1	1	0	0.348	237	5
233^rd	Laceys Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.347	213	20
234^th	Centreville	0	1	1	0	1	0.347	246	12
235^th	Oakman	1	1	1	0	0	0.347	222	13
236^th	Lipscomb	1	0	0	0	0	0.345	151	85
237^th	Seale	1	1	2	0	1	0.343	239	2
238^th	Dothan	11	2	7	2	10	0.343	235	3
239^th	Jackson	2	1	1	0	2	0.341	242	3
240^th	Moundville	2	1	1	0	0	0.341	233	7
241^st	Gilbertown	1	0	1	0	0	0.333	280	39
242^nd	Linden	1	1	1	0	1	0.327	279	37
243^rd	Bon Secour	1	0	0	0	0	0.321	257	14
244^th	Town Creek	2	0	1	0	0	0.316	245	1
245^th	Hollywood	1	0	1	1	0	0.314	181	64
246^th	Grove Hill	1	1	1	0	1	0.314	249	3
247^th	Theodore	2	1	1	0	1	0.311	261	14
248^th	Albertville	5	2	3	0	1	0.309	240	8
249^th	Jemison	1	2	1	0	1	0.309	243	6
250^th	Mc Calla	2	1	1	0	2	0.309	254	4
251^st	Notasulga	1	0	1	1	0	0.308	244	7
252^nd	Moulton	1	1	3	1	1	0.307	202	50
253^rd	Plantersville	0	0	1	0	0	0.298	248	5
254^th	Birmingham	45	12	21	5	61	0.287	251	3
255^th	Valley Grande	1	1	0	0	0	0.278	252	3
256^th	Clay	1	0	0	0	0	0.277	247	9
257^th	Greenville	2	1	2	0	1	0.265	262	5
258^th	Vance	1	1	0	0	0	0.254	250	8
259^th	Montgomery	32	10	16	2	34	0.247	260	1
260^th	Altoona	1	0	0	0	0	0.241	238	22
261^st	Daleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.236	253	8
262^nd	Atmore	4	1	1	0	3	0.235	276	14
263^rd	Bessemer	9	2	5	0	6	0.231	269	6
264^th	Hueytown	2	1	1	1	2	0.226	266	2
265^th	Talladega	3	1	3	3	1	0.225	277	12
266^th	Fort Deposit	1	1	0	0	0	0.221	275	9
267^th	Rockford	1	1	1	0	0	0.22	229	38
268^th	Eufaula	2	1	2	1	2	0.211	264	4
269^th	Irondale	1	1	1	0	1	0.195	230	39
270^th	Prichard	3	0	2	0	3	0.195	278	8
271^st	Evergreen	1	1	2	1	1	0.191	272	1
272^nd	Hope Hull	1	0	0	0	1	0.188	305	33
273^rd	Tanner	1	0	1	0	0	0.188	265	8
274^th	Brent	1	0	0	0	0	0.184	258	16
275^th	Clayton	0	0	1	1	0	0.176	301	26
276^th	Loachapoka	1	0	1	0	0	0.173	256	20
277^th	Brighton	1	0	0	0	0	0.169	267	10
278^th	Lanett	2	1	1	0	1	0.167	268	10
279^th	Pinson	2	1	2	0	2	0.165	284	5
280^th	Greensboro	1	1	2	0	1	0.164	285	5
281^st	Chickasaw	2	1	1	1	1	0.164	293	12
282^nd	Cottondale	1	2	1	0	1	0.162	286	4
283^rd	Tuskegee	1	1	2	0	0	0.157	271	12
284^th	Mc Intosh	1	0	1	0	0	0.15	304	20
285^th	Monroeville	1	1	2	1	1	0.149	270	15
286^th	Eight Mile	2	0	1	0	0	0.148	291	5
287^th	Fultondale	1	0	0	0	0	0.144	296	9
288^th	Aliceville	1	0	1	0	0	0.143	302	14
289^th	Abbeville	1	0	1	1	1	0.138	292	3
290^th	Lafayette	1	0	2	0	1	0.134	281	9
291^st	Camden	1	1	1	1	2	0.131	297	6
292^nd	Pine Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.127	282	10
293^rd	Pleasant Grove	1	1	1	0	0	0.127	234	59
294^th	Adamsville	2	1	1	0	0	0.122	298	4
295^th	Alberta	1	0	0	0	0	0.118	299	4
296^th	Crossville	1	1	1	0	1	0.117	288	8
297^th	Hayneville	2	1	3	0	0	0.112	290	7
298^th	Union Springs	1	1	2	0	1	0.11	283	15
299^th	Fairfield	3	1	2	1	3	0.11	306	7
300^th	Selma	8	3	4	2	5	0.104	295	5
301^st	Butler	1	0	1	0	1	0.104	287	14
302^nd	Graysville	1	0	0	0	0	0.102	255	47
303^rd	Louisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.098	303
304^th	Midfield	1	1	2	0	0	0.083	311	7
305^th	Tarrant	2	0	1	0	0	0.057	308	3
306^th	Orrville	1	0	1	0	0	0.056	300	6
307^th	Center Point	1	1	1	0	0	0.047	309	2
308^th	York	0	0	1	0	0	0.044	307	1
309^th	Eutaw	1	1	3	0	0	0.031	294	15
310^th	Letohatchee	0	0	1	0	0	0.026	310

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