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Athens City

At a glance

This district is not ranked due to insufficient test score data.

Elementary 5 Middle 1 High 1 Alternative 2Grades PK, KG-12

455 US Highway 31 North
Athens, AL 35611-2653·(256) 233-6600·All Alabama district rankings →

Statewide performance 2011–2018

2018: better than 79.1% of districts

Schools

5,405

Students

Top rankedAthens High School107^th of 386 Alabama high schools

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Biggest riser

Athens Intermediate School up 9 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Athens Elementary School 16.6 students per teacher

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2026)							Summative Assessment Science (2026)			Summative Assessment English (2026)							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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Athens Intermediate School	Public	4-5	1916 Us Hwy 72 W	Athens	35611	Limestone County	Athens City	No	No	No	No	(256) 230-2880	641	36	17.8	55.9%	305 (47.6%)	127 (19.8%)	157 (24.5%)	9 (1.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.2%)	62.7	255^th of 686 public elementary schools	62.8%		61.5	264^th of 680 public elementary schools	61.2%	9		35.7	44.5					59.3				67.2	73.4					$8,556	$1,308	$7,248
Athens Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	515 N Madison St	Athens	35611	Limestone County	Athens City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 233-6609	474	29	16.6	67.5%	160 (33.8%)	82 (17.3%)	194 (40.9%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (6.1%)								(n/a)	43.6										63.8							$11,217	$2,596	$8,621
Athens High School	Public	9-12	655 Hwy 31 North	Athens	35611	Limestone County	Athens City	No	No	No	No	(256) 233-6613	1,278	75	16.9	53.4%	645 (50.5%)	211 (16.5%)	309 (24.2%)	22 (1.7%)	5 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	83 (6.5%)	65.5	107^th of 386 public high schools	72.3%		80.1	60^th of 374 public high schools	84.0%	47							25.6			36.4							40.7	$13,356	$1,006	$12,338
Athens Middle School	Public	6-8	100 Hwy 31 North	Athens	35611	Limestone County	Athens City	No	No	No	No	(256) 233-6620	935	48	19.4	59.3%	438 (46.8%)	195 (20.9%)	229 (24.5%)	12 (1.3%)	5 (0.5%)	4 (0.4%)	52 (5.6%)	40.6	268^th of 449 public middle schools	40.3%		49.5	214^th of 439 public middle schools	51.3%	54				36.9	12.6	17.8			47.2					57.1	46.8	40.0		$8,929	$999	$7,930
James L Cowart Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	1701 W Hobbs St	Athens	35611	Limestone County	Athens City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 233-6627	332	20	16.6	69.3%	121 (36.4%)	94 (28.3%)	91 (27.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (7.5%)								(n/a)	33.3										51.9							$12,048	$1,663	$10,384
Julian Newman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	601 S Clinton Street	Athens	35611	Limestone County	Athens City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 233-6630	409	23	17.7	44.5%	216 (52.8%)	64 (15.6%)	71 (17.4%)	16 (3.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (9.5%)								(n/a)	40.0										68.7							$12,072	$1,697	$10,374
Brookhill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	320 Brookhill Dr	Athens	35611	Limestone County	Athens City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 233-6603	380	22	17.6	41.3%	250 (65.8%)	67 (17.6%)	39 (10.3%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.7%)								(n/a)	59.3										79.1							$12,330	$1,541	$10,789
Athens Renaissance School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	405 South Street East	Athens	35611	Limestone County	Athens City	No	No	Yes	No	(256) 614-3708	606	22	28.0	21.3%	506 (83.5%)	37 (6.1%)	33 (5.4%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.0%)								(n/a)	19.6	34.8	26.5	23.1	24.5	6.0	20.9	73.9	68.0	32.6	60.7	80.4	79.6	53.9	73.6	70.0	60.5
Renaissance Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	4-12	455 US Highway 31 North	Athens	35611	Limestone County	Athens City	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(256) 771-0752	350	8	43.7	34.9%	270 (77.1%)	32 (9.1%)	25 (7.1%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.6%)								(n/a)		5.6	0.0	18.0	2.6	9.8	11.9	38.9	57.4	23.7		38.9	83.3	56.4	56.1	70.5	33.3

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Limestone County	2.28 mi	16	80^th
Decatur City	11.94 mi	22	87^th
Madison County	12.1 mi	31	34^th
Madison City	12.43 mi	14	11^th
Morgan County	14.22 mi	18	46^th

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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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