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Morgan County

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At a glance

47^thof 139 Alabama districts▲ 2

Better than 66% of Alabama districts

Elementary 8 Middle 3 High 7Grades PK, KG-12

235 Highway 67 South
Decatur, AL 35603-6542·(256) 309-2105·All Alabama district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 66.2% of districts

Schools

7,619

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedPriceville Junior High School34^th of 443 Alabama middle schools

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Biggest riser

West Morgan High School up 139 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Albert P Brewer High School 15 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

4★

3★

2★

3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The Morgan County school district in Alabama serves approximately 7,619 students across 16 public schools, including 8 elementary, 3 middle, and 5 high schools, and holds a 3-star rating overall. The district is one of contrasts, with the Priceville Junior High School, Priceville High School, and Priceville Elementary School forming a clear standout cluster of 5-star schools ranking in the 90th percentile or higher statewide. This feeder pattern boasts a 98.3% graduation rate at the high school and exceptional math and science proficiency, with 8th grade math proficiency at Priceville Junior High nearly triple the state average. In contrast, Falkville High School shows the most concerning profile, dropping from the 64th to 39th percentile in one year, with only 3.28% of 8th graders proficient in math—the lowest figure in the district.

Several schools show strong momentum. Danville High School jumped 40 percentile points over two years to reach the 68th percentile, while West Morgan High School more than doubled its math and English proficiency rates to reach the 65th percentile. However, Laceys Spring Elementary School is trending downward, falling to the 45th percentile with very low 8th grade math proficiency. The district generally exceeds state averages in elementary math, science, and graduation rates (94.3% vs. 91.5%), but trails in high school English proficiency (27.64% vs. 33.73%). Chronic absenteeism averages 9.3% district-wide, but ranges from an excellent 2.5% at both West Morgan Middle School and Priceville Junior High to a concerning 17.7% at Falkville Elementary School.

Science is a district-wide strength, with proficiency often double that of math at schools like Albert P Brewer High School (45.78% science vs. 25.3% math). Per-student spending does not predict performance—Cotaco School spends the most ($12,127) yet ranks only in the 50th percentile, while Priceville Junior High spends $7,526 and ranks in the 92nd. The Eva School proves rural schools can succeed with a 4-star rating despite 60% poverty, but the district's biggest challenge remains the significant achievement gap between the Priceville cluster and higher-poverty schools like West Morgan Elementary School and West Morgan Middle, where free/reduced lunch rates exceed 70%.

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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	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
DanvilleNeel Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	8688 Danville Rd	Danville	35619	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 773-7183	504	28	17.7	53.6%	398 (79.0%)	10 (2.0%)	58 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.7%)	82.8	101^st of 686 public elementary schools	85.3%		78.9	128^th of 680 public elementary schools	81.2%	27	60.6	84.3						54.2			82.8	80.7						$11,043	$1,900	$9,127
Falkville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	72 Clark Dr	Falkville	35622	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 784-5249	381	22	17.2	68.2%	335 (87.9%)	7 (1.8%)	22 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.9%)	56.6	299^th of 686 public elementary schools	56.4%		61.6	261^st of 680 public elementary schools	61.6%	38	14.3	48.7	51.1					58.1			57.1	59.5	85.1					$9,378	$800	$8,561
West Morgan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	571 Old Hwy 24	Trinity	35673	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 350-8818	512	33	15.3	71.7%	242 (47.3%)	35 (6.8%)	206 (40.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.5%)								(n/a)	62.6										70.1							$9,489	$1,563	$7,909
Danville Middle School	Public	5-8	5933 Highway 36 W	Danville	35619	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 773-7723	372	19	20.1	57.3%	312 (83.9%)	13 (3.5%)	34 (9.1%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	46.7	234^th of 443 public middle schools	47.2%		47.5	227^th of 439 public middle schools	48.3%	7			59.3	10.5	17.2	26.4			57.1				73.5	46.3	55.2	60.4		$8,068	$456	$7,595
Cotaco School	Public	PK, KG-8	100 Cotaco School Rd	Somerville	35670	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 778-8153	459	27	17.0	61.4%	401 (87.4%)	7 (1.5%)	28 (6.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.1%)	51.6	345^th of 686 public elementary schools	49.7%		47.7	364^th of 680 public elementary schools	46.5%	19	36.6	53.2	56.8	18.8	23.5	34.0		42.6	59.6		73.2	53.2	72.7	44.9	44.1	63.8		$12,127	$2,326	$9,785
Danville High School	Public	9-12	9235 Danville Rd	Danville	35619	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 773-9909	374	23	15.9	48.9%	302 (80.7%)	21 (5.6%)	44 (11.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	61.2	120^th of 380 public high schools	68.4%		41.4	203^rd of 374 public high schools	45.7%	83							25.3			38.7							32.9	$10,438	$1,178	$9,244
Eva School	Public	PK, KG-8	20 School Rd	Eva	35621	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 796-5141	345	19	18.3	60.3%	307 (89.0%)	5 (1.4%)	12 (3.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.2%)	73.5	163^rd of 686 public elementary schools	76.2%		80.4	115^th of 680 public elementary schools	83.1%	48	44.1	77.1	61.1	23.1	25.7	41.0		74.3	76.9		82.4	71.4	75.0	66.7	57.1	66.7		$10,692	$1,859	$8,817
Falkville High School	Public	6-12	43 Clark Dr	Falkville	35622	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 784-5248	467	23	20.5	63.6%	419 (89.7%)	5 (1.1%)	34 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	38.7	231^st of 380 public high schools	39.2%		60.2	134^th of 374 public high schools	64.2%	97				37.0	23.1	3.3	10.5		47.5	43.9				61.1	55.4	45.9	12.7	$11,318	$1,553	$9,749
Laceys Spring Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	48 School Rd	Laceys Spring	35754	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 881-4460	277	18	15.7	73.6%	176 (63.5%)	1 (0.4%)	91 (32.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	47.3	379^th of 686 public elementary schools	44.8%		56.6	309^th of 680 public elementary schools	54.6%	70	50.0	53.9	31.3	19.4	7.7	4.6		51.3	36.4		62.5	61.5	59.4	41.9	57.7	27.3		$10,425	$2,026	$8,382
Priceville High School	Public	9-12	2650 N Bethel Rd	Decatur	35603	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 353-1950	506	27	18.7	27.3%	435 (86.0%)	11 (2.2%)	30 (5.9%)	17 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.4%)	88.3	34^th of 380 public high schools	91.1%		87.2	40^th of 374 public high schools	89.3%	6							43.0			60.4							41.5	$10,170	$759	$9,395
Union Hill School	Public	PK, KG-8	2221 Union Hill Rd	Somerville	35670	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 498-2431	471	29	16.4	60.9%	376 (79.8%)	6 (1.3%)	76 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	60.2	273^rd of 686 public elementary schools	60.2%		65	231^st of 680 public elementary schools	66.0%	42	41.3	55.3	59.1	63.4	18.0	27.3		61.7	65.6		47.6	53.2	54.6	70.7	42.0	81.3		$10,115	$1,579	$8,519
West Morgan High School	Public	9-12	261 S Greenway Dr	Trinity	35673	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 353-5214	476	26	18.4	66.8%	240 (50.4%)	28 (5.9%)	196 (41.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	59	132^nd of 380 public high schools	65.3%		24.7	271^st of 374 public high schools	27.5%	139							29.9			41.7							22.8	$10,963	$1,602	$9,345
Morgan County Schools Technology Park	Public	10-12	59 Eva Rd	Somerville	35670	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 309-2119	0	9	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Priceville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	438 Cave Springs Road	Decatur	35603	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 341-9202	674	41	16.2	34.0%	576 (85.5%)	16 (2.4%)	47 (7.0%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.9%)	87.8	67^th of 686 public elementary schools	90.2%		82.1	98^th of 680 public elementary schools	85.6%	31	68.9	72.0						72.8			84.9	73.4						$8,081	$1,211	$6,853
Morgan County Learning Center	Public	6-12	72 Plainview St	Hartselle	35640	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 773-6458																			(n/a)
Albert P Brewer High School	Public	9-12	59 Eva Rd	Somerville	35670	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 778-8634	757	50	15.0	53.9%	616 (81.4%)	16 (2.1%)	98 (12.9%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.9%)	59.6	129^th of 380 public high schools	66.1%		60.4	133^rd of 374 public high schools	64.4%	4							25.3			45.8							25.0	$11,610	$1,252	$10,341
West Morgan Middle School	Public	4-8	261 South Greenway Drive	Trinity	35673	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 353-5214	561	29	19.6	75.0%	287 (51.2%)	36 (6.4%)	225 (40.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	58.8	160^th of 443 public middle schools	63.9%		46.8	230^th of 439 public middle schools	47.6%	70		20.3	48.7	31.9	21.0	31.0		26.3	56.6			41.5	66.1	64.9	58.0	54.9		$5,994	$143	$5,835
Priceville Junior High School	Public	5-8	311 Highway 67 South	Decatur	35603	Morgan County	Morgan County	No	No	No	No	(256) 355-5104	483	26	18.5	38.9%	422 (87.4%)	6 (1.2%)	33 (6.8%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.7%)	90.9	34^th of 443 public middle schools	92.3%		93.1	23^rd of 439 public middle schools	94.8%	11			45.7	49.6	45.6	72.3			80.9				88.2	77.4	77.8	76.6		$7,526	$751	$6,758

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lawrence County	4.78 mi	14	99^th
Hartselle City	8.09 mi	6	9^th
Decatur City	9.2 mi	21	88^th
Cullman County	15.25 mi	27	57^th
Winston County	16.54 mi	10	66^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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.