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Best Public Schools in Clay County, AL

At a glance

Schools

1,729

Students

Top rankedAshland Elementary School240^th of 680 Alabama elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Central Junior High School of Clay County up 14 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Lineville Elementary School 15.8 students per teacher

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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 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
Ashland Elementary School	Public	K-6	223 3rd Street Sw	Ashland	36251	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 396-1466	455	29	15.9	62.4%	342 (75.2%)	68 (14.9%)	17 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.7%)	63.9	240^th of 680 public elementary schools	64.7%		62.1	252^nd of 684 public elementary schools	63.2%	12	69.5	61.0	30.4	31.6				41.5			77.6	73.2	71.4	49.1				$9,554	$1,523	$7,900
Lineville Elementary School	Public	K-6	18 West Main	Lineville	36266	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 396-1420	459	29	15.8	68.0%	307 (66.9%)	73 (15.9%)	33 (7.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.4%)	59	285^th of 680 public elementary schools	58.1%		63.5	235^th of 684 public elementary schools	65.6%	50	36.8	50.8	48.5	48.2				55.7			52.2	63.9	73.5	48.2				$8,744	$1,562	$7,156
Central Junior High School of Clay County	Public	7-8	1 Bob Riley Drive	Lineville	36266	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	No	(256) 396-1401	282	16	17.2	59.2%	184 (65.2%)	48 (17.0%)	16 (5.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (11.0%)	41.3	266^th of 439 public middle schools	39.4%		37.5	280^th of 442 public middle schools	36.7%	14					17.1	13.0			40.8						51.4	43.5		$7,408	$392	$6,998
Central High School of Clay County	Public	9-12	1 Bob Riley Drive	Lineville	36266	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	No	(256) 396-1400	533	32	16.8	58.5%	377 (70.7%)	82 (15.4%)	42 (7.9%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.3%)	32.3	241^st of 374 public high schools	35.6%		33.5	249^th of 378 public high schools	34.1%	8							14.7			20.9							15.8	$10,963	$1,915	$9,030
Clay County Career Development Center	Public	7-12	8177 Highway 9	Ashland	36251	Clay County	Clay County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(256) 396-1475																			(n/a)

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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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