Best Public Schools in Lee County, Alabama

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2021)				Ranking (2019)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2021)							Summative Assessment Science (2021)			Summative Assessment English (2021)							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 (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	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 End of Course	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science End of Course	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 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Auburn High School	Public	10-12	1701 E Samford Avenue	Auburn	36830	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	No	(334) 887-2120	1,921	116	16.6	18.8%	1,183 (61.6%)	408 (21.2%)	88 (4.6%)	213 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (1.5%)	98.5	10^th of 369 public high schools	97.3%		97	10^th of 366 public high schools	97.3%								53.8			57.5							50.4	$10,361	$557	$9,788
Cary Woods Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	715 Sanders St	Auburn	36830	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 887-4940	460	29	15.8	32.0%	215 (46.7%)	95 (20.7%)	55 (12.0%)	82 (17.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)								(n/a)																		$11,073	$981	$10,076
Dean Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	335 S Dean Rd	Auburn	36830	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 887-4900	403	24	16.7	31.0%	237 (58.8%)	64 (15.9%)	55 (13.6%)	30 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.2%)								(n/a)																		$10,931	$1,094	$9,821
Drake Middle School	Public	6	655 N Donahue Dr	Auburn	36832	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	No	(334) 887-1940	718	36	19.9	28.3%	411 (57.2%)	166 (23.1%)	51 (7.1%)	77 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.8%)								(n/a)				44.4										68.6				$8,511	$771	$7,724
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School	Public	3-5	807 Wrights Mill Rd	Auburn	36830	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 887-1990	386	25	15.4	27.7%	247 (64.0%)	62 (16.1%)	41 (10.6%)	26 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	95.7	28^th of 686 public elementary schools	95.9%		90.9	50^th of 681 public elementary schools	92.7%	22	69.5	63.6	63.0					62.8			79.1	75.2	69.8					$11,222	$1,056	$10,148
Auburn Early Education Center	Public	PK, KG-2	721 E University Dr	Auburn	36830	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 887-4950	527	30	17.2	21.8%	288 (54.6%)	118 (22.4%)	38 (7.2%)	70 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.5%)								(n/a)																		$11,147	$889	$10,241
Richland Elementary School	Public	K-1	770 S Yarbrough Farms Boulevar	Auburn	36830	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 887-1980	503	27	18.6	29.0%	265 (52.7%)	140 (27.8%)	20 (4.0%)	48 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.0%)								(n/a)																		$10,165	$658	$9,490
Pick Elementary School	Public	3-5	1320 N College St	Auburn	36830	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 887-2110	500	27	18.5	31.4%	244 (48.8%)	120 (24.0%)	37 (7.4%)	79 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.0%)	93.5	43^rd of 686 public elementary schools	93.7%		86.6	70^th of 681 public elementary schools	89.7%	27	59.0	44.4	65.4					59.6			71.6	79.1	70.6					$10,972	$1,357	$9,599
East Samford School	Public	7	332 E Samford Avenue	Auburn	36830	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	No	(334) 887-1960	681	33	20.6	25.8%	408 (59.9%)	145 (21.3%)	45 (6.6%)	72 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.6%)								(n/a)					36.2										66.9			$9,302	$588	$8,698
West Forest Intermediate School	Public	3-5	2801 Waverly Pkwy	Opelika	36801	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 745-9737	367	23	15.9	91.3%	39 (10.6%)	202 (55.0%)	111 (30.2%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	48.2	354^th of 686 public elementary schools	48.4%		33.1	469^th of 681 public elementary schools	31.1%	115	22.2	20.9	25.7					28.8			36.1	52.8	40.4					$10,727	$2,419	$8,241
Northside School	Public	3-5	601 N 5th St	Opelika	36801	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 745-9731	416	24	17.3	58.7%	177 (42.5%)	211 (50.7%)	17 (4.1%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	75.1	137^th of 686 public elementary schools	80.0%		67.2	200^th of 681 public elementary schools	70.6%	63	41.9	35.8	39.0					39.6			61.5	60.7	48.2					$10,139	$1,909	$8,170
Carver Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	307 Carver Ave	Opelika	36801	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 745-9712	360	27	13.3	91.9%	41 (11.4%)	183 (50.8%)	130 (36.1%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																		$10,976	$1,847	$9,042
Jeter Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	700 Jeter Ave	Opelika	36801	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 745-9723	346	23	14.9	62.1%	128 (37.0%)	190 (54.9%)	13 (3.8%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)								(n/a)																		$10,721	$1,733	$8,934
Opelika High School	Public	9-12	1700 Lafayette Pkwy	Opelika	36801	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	No	(334) 745-9715	1,239	86	14.4	62.0%	395 (31.9%)	675 (54.5%)	126 (10.2%)	24 (1.9%)	6 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	10 (0.8%)	63.5	110^th of 369 public high schools	70.2%		74.6	81^st of 366 public high schools	77.9%	29							27.0			30.1							24.3	$11,942	$1,125	$10,778
Opelika Middle School	Public	6-8	1206 Denson Dr	Opelika	36801	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	No	(334) 745-9726	1,112	63	17.7	69.7%	284 (25.5%)	641 (57.6%)	147 (13.2%)	14 (1.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (2.1%)	55.4	176^th of 435 public middle schools	59.5%		58.4	169^th of 437 public middle schools	61.3%	7				21.7	18.8	16.7			40.3					32.4	44.2	40.9		$8,645	$934	$7,550
Southview Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	2712 Marvyn Pkwy	Opelika	36804	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 745-9711	447	29	15.2	54.8%	191 (42.7%)	227 (50.8%)	21 (4.7%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																		$10,083	$1,485	$8,515
Opelika Learning Center	Public	6-12	214 Jeter Avenue	Opelika	36801	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	No	(334) 741-5603	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lakewood Elementary School	Public, Magnet	3-5	24 Explorer Drive	Phenix City	36867	Lee County	Phenix City	No	Yes	No	No	(334) 732-1173	502	25	20.0	32.7%	289 (57.6%)	137 (27.3%)	35 (7.0%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (6.8%)	90	57^th of 686 public elementary schools	91.7%		89.9	56^th of 681 public elementary schools	91.8%	1	39.8	53.4	52.3					49.1			72.7	82.0	71.2					$8,237	$802	$7,417
Lakewood Primary School	Public	K-2	18 Explorer Road	Phenix City	36867	Lee County	Phenix City	No	No	No	No	(334) 664-9955	570	34	16.8	37.4%	324 (56.8%)	142 (24.9%)	50 (8.8%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (7.7%)								(n/a)																		$8,727	$1,216	$7,491
West Smiths Station Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	150 Lee Road 295	Smiths Station	36877	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 664-4050	854	47	18.1	46.0%	603 (70.6%)	129 (15.1%)	53 (6.2%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (7.7%)	67.6	202^nd of 686 public elementary schools	70.6%		66.9	203^rd of 681 public elementary schools	70.2%	1	33.6	25.4	32.3	11.0				37.3			59.7	61.3	58.3	63.0				$9,088	$851	$8,220
Smiths Station High School	Public	10-12	4228 Lee Road 430	Smiths Station	36877	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	No	(334) 664-4060	1,314	75	17.5	35.2%	883 (67.2%)	245 (18.6%)	97 (7.4%)	7 (0.5%)	5 (0.4%)	7 (0.5%)	70 (5.3%)	47.5	175^th of 369 public high schools	52.6%		63.9	127^th of 366 public high schools	65.3%	48							17.6			23.6							22.8	$9,552	$615	$8,921
Smiths Station Junior High School	Public	7-8	1100 Lee Road 298	Smiths Station	36877	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	No	(334) 664-4070	960	49	19.5	42.9%	629 (65.5%)	197 (20.5%)	65 (6.8%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (6.6%)	63.4	129^th of 435 public middle schools	70.3%		73.7	82^nd of 437 public middle schools	81.2%	47					10.2	21.3			41.4						40.4	58.0		$8,582	$830	$7,735
South Smiths Station Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	80 Lee Road 926	Smiths Station	36877	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 664-4062	766	48	15.9	47.3%	510 (66.6%)	138 (18.0%)	67 (8.7%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	43 (5.6%)	79.1	111^th of 686 public elementary schools	83.8%		65.6	218^th of 681 public elementary schools	68.0%	107	54.0	40.0	33.0	28.6				44.2			70.1	64.8	55.3	51.4				$8,525	$1,070	$7,439
East Smiths Station Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	171 Lee Road 728	Smiths Station	36877	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 664-4061	883	49	18.0	47.5%	599 (67.8%)	160 (18.1%)	69 (7.8%)	7 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	45 (5.1%)	67.9	200^th of 686 public elementary schools	70.8%		69.3	184^th of 681 public elementary schools	73.0%	16	21.0	37.4	40.4	20.5				47.2			55.2	63.7	50.9	45.9				$8,737	$1,212	$7,508
Beauregard High School	Public	9-12	7343 Al Highway 51	Opelika	36804	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	No	(334) 705-6010	595	42	14.1	53.1%	413 (69.4%)	124 (20.8%)	28 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.7%)	33.4	243^rd of 369 public high schools	34.1%		55.4	163^rd of 366 public high schools	55.5%	80							15.4			20.8							11.5	$11,085	$1,327	$9,742
Creekside Elementary School	Public	2-3	1800 Richland Road	Auburn	36832	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 887-0070	504	30	16.8	27.4%	252 (50.0%)	141 (28.0%)	26 (5.2%)	59 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.0%)								(n/a)	63.5										75.0							$11,635	$1,043	$10,222
Beauregard Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	300 Lee Road 431	Opelika	36804	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 705-6011	702	43	16.2	59.0%	476 (67.8%)	135 (19.2%)	44 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (6.4%)	70.1	187^th of 686 public elementary schools	72.7%		66.9	202^nd of 681 public elementary schools	70.3%	15	36.3	26.8						39.4			54.8	67.7						$9,387	$1,077	$8,294
Ogletree Elementary School	Public	3-5	737 Ogletree Rd	Auburn	36830	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 887-4920	460	27	17.0	27.4%	259 (56.3%)	99 (21.5%)	37 (8.0%)	57 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	94.3	37^th of 686 public elementary schools	94.6%		90.5	51^st of 681 public elementary schools	92.5%	14	68.2	52.4	64.5					55.8			72.2	73.4	76.8					$10,286	$1,168	$9,101
Margaret Yarbrough Elementary School	Public	4-5	1555 N Donahue Dr	Auburn	36830	Lee County	Auburn City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 887-1970	458	22	20.8	26.4%	240 (52.4%)	143 (31.2%)	16 (3.5%)	35 (7.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.0%)	95.1	32^nd of 686 public elementary schools	95.3%		87.5	66^th of 681 public elementary schools	90.3%	34		50.6	63.3					65.6				76.6	70.2					$9,792	$1,314	$8,462
Wacoochee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	125 Lee Road 254	Salem	36874	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 664-4072	612	34	18.0	48.7%	460 (75.2%)	96 (15.7%)	24 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.7%)	63.7	232^nd of 686 public elementary schools	66.2%		61.5	252^nd of 681 public elementary schools	63.0%	20	34.0	28.2	27.2	16.9				34.1			55.3	58.8	45.7	58.9				$8,808	$813	$7,979
Morris Avenue Intermediate School	Public	3-5	8 Morris Ave	Opelika	36801	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 745-9734	329	20	16.1	66.0%	113 (34.3%)	189 (57.4%)	7 (2.1%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.3%)	74.9	139^th of 686 public elementary schools	79.7%		71.1	168^th of 681 public elementary schools	75.3%	29	54.6	35.7	33.7					36.5			58.6	63.2	48.5					$11,678	$2,234	$9,403
Loachapoka High School	Public	7-12	685 Lee Road 61	Loachapoka	36865	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 705-6030	218	24	9.2	93.6%	13 (6.0%)	145 (66.5%)	52 (23.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	20.2	298^th of 369 public high schools	19.2%		22.9	282^nd of 366 public high schools	23.0%	16					12.2	10.8	8.8		32.4	8.8					41.5	43.2	12.9	$20,320	$4,726	$15,572
Loachapoka Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	685 Lee Road 61	Loachapoka	36865	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 705-6031	328	22	14.9	87.5%	33 (10.1%)	199 (60.7%)	83 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.0%)	23.1	522^nd of 686 public elementary schools	23.9%		17.6	575^th of 681 public elementary schools	15.6%	53	6.7	4.2	10.8	16.7				10.4			36.7	17.0	24.3	31.9				$11,072	$2,664	$8,392
Sanford Middle School	Public	5-8	1500 Lee Road 11	Opelika	36804	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 705-6040	560	33	16.9	60.7%	370 (66.1%)	121 (21.6%)	32 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.4%)	68.7	95^th of 435 public middle schools	78.2%		65.1	127^th of 437 public middle schools	70.9%	32			30.7	25.2	23.7	28.3			38.5				43.3	44.7	45.7	51.7		$9,340	$1,200	$8,124
Beulah Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4747 Lee Road 270	Valley	36854	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 705-6021	714	42	17.0	60.4%	517 (72.4%)	127 (17.8%)	18 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (7.3%)	54.4	294^th of 686 public elementary schools	57.1%		42	418^th of 681 public elementary schools	38.6%	124	29.5	22.7	27.4	13.3				35.2			49.5	54.6	36.8	46.7				$8,119	$1,028	$7,075
Beulah High School	Public	7-12	4848 Lee Road 270	Valley	36854	Lee County	Lee County	No	No	No	No	(334) 705-6020	531	34	15.6	59.9%	375 (70.6%)	106 (20.0%)	12 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.2%)	27.4	272^nd of 369 public high schools	26.3%		65.7	122^nd of 366 public high schools	66.7%	150					10.9	6.9	9.7		21.0	14.5					37.0	42.6	17.0	$12,948	$1,038	$11,894

Best Public Schools in Lee County, AL

Auburn High School

Wrights Mill Road Elementary School

Margaret Yarbrough Elementary School

Ogletree Elementary School

Pick Elementary School

Lakewood Elementary School

South Smiths Station Elementary School

Northside School

Morris Avenue Intermediate School

Beauregard Elementary School

Sanford Middle School

East Smiths Station Elementary School

West Smiths Station Elementary School

Wacoochee Elementary School

Opelika High School

Smiths Station Junior High School

Opelika Middle School

Beulah Elementary School

West Forest Intermediate School

Smiths Station High School

Beauregard High School

Beulah High School

Loachapoka Elementary School

Loachapoka High School

Auburn Early Education Center

Carver Primary School

Cary Woods Elementary School

Creekside Elementary School

Dean Road Elementary School

Drake Middle School

East Samford School

Jeter Primary School

Lakewood Primary School

Opelika Learning Center

Richland Elementary School

Southview Primary School

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