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Mountain Brook City

At a glance

1^stof 140 Alabama districts

Better than 99% of Alabama districts

Elementary 4 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

32 Vine Street
Mountain Brook, AL 35213·(205) 871-4608·All Alabama district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 99.3% of districts

Schools

4,425

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedMountain Brook High School4^th of 386 Alabama high schools

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Biggest riser

Brookwood Forest Elementary School up 5 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Mountain Brook High School 10.1 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

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Summary:

Mountain Brook City is a small, elite school district in Alabama comprising 6 schools—4 elementary schools (PK-6), 1 junior high (7-9), and 1 high school (10-12)—serving about 4,425 students in an affluent Birmingham suburb. The district is ranked #1 out of 139 in Alabama, with every school holding a 5-star rating and top-10 state rankings.

Among the elementary schools, Cherokee Bend Elementary School stands out with a perfect 0.0% chronic absenteeism rate and a rise to #2 in the state, while Brookwood Forest Elementary School made the biggest leap, jumping from #8 to #3 in state rankings with the district's lowest free/reduced lunch rate (1.21%) and a 96.97% 4th-grade science proficiency. Crestline Elementary School, despite being #2 last year, slipped to #8 after a 13-point drop in 3rd-grade math, while Mountain Brook Elementary School maintains strong, consistent scores across subjects. At the secondary level, Mountain Brook High School is an academic powerhouse with a 98.7% graduation rate and 11th-grade math proficiency (87.46%) that is 3.2 times the state average, while Mountain Brook Junior High School excels in 8th-grade science (92.86%) but shows a notable math dip, with 7th-grade scores falling from 76.38% to 61.19% year-over-year.

District-wide, proficiency rates dwarf state averages: math is 3.2x higher, English 1.7x higher, and science 2.3x higher, with chronic absenteeism at just 3.2% versus the state's 12.0%. Per-student spending ranges from $12,244 at the junior high to $16,839 at the high school, reflecting strong resource allocation. The most interesting internal dynamic is the junior high math decline and Crestline's 3rd-grade drop, suggesting even elite districts face cohort variability. However, the high school's math-science supremacy and Cherokee Bend's perfect attendance highlight a district where excellence is the norm—though parents should watch the junior high math trend and the volatility at Brookwood Forest, which improved dramatically in 4th-grade math and science by 12.89 and 17.85 points respectively.

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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
Brookwood Forest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3701 S Brookwood Rd	Mountain Brook	35223	Jefferson County	Mountain Brook City	No	No	No	No	(205) 414-3700	579	50	11.5	1.2%	543 (93.8%)	6 (1.0%)	12 (2.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.2%)	98.1	3^rd of 686 public elementary schools	99.6%		97.1	8^th of 680 public elementary schools	98.8%	5	90.5	90.9	84.4	83.8				97.0			95.8	97.0	94.4	97.5				$13,183	$647	$12,536
Cherokee Bend Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4400 Fair Oaks Dr	Mountain Brook	35213	Jefferson County	Mountain Brook City	No	No	No	No	(205) 871-3595	562	46	12.2	2.8%	528 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.2%)	98.3	2^nd of 686 public elementary schools	99.7%		97.9	4^th of 680 public elementary schools	99.4%	2	91.4	87.8	81.3	86.0				95.1			98.6	97.6	96.7	97.9				$13,007	$187	$12,820
Crestline Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3785 Jackson Blvd	Mountain Brook	35213	Jefferson County	Mountain Brook City	No	No	No	No	(205) 871-8126	743	61	12.1	1.7%	708 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.1%)	97	8^th of 686 public elementary schools	98.8%		98.3	2^nd of 680 public elementary schools	99.7%	6	74.0	90.8	87.9	89.2				87.2			91.0	95.4	97.4	93.7				$12,269	$167	$12,102
Mountain Brook High School	Public	10-12	3650 Bethune Dr	Mountain Brook	35223	Jefferson County	Mountain Brook City	No	No	No	No	(205) 414-3800	985	98	10.1	2.8%	908 (92.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.2%)	12 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (4.4%)	99.9	4^th of 386 public high schools	99.0%		99.9	2^nd of 374 public high schools	99.5%	2							87.5			83.3							78.2	$16,839	$115	$16,723
Mountain Brook Junior High School	Public	7-9	205 Overbrook Dr	Mountain Brook	35213	Jefferson County	Mountain Brook City	No	No	No	No	(205) 871-3516	1,005	83	12.1	3.3%	945 (94.0%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.5%)	11 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.2%)	98.3	4^th of 449 public middle schools	99.1%		98.5	4^th of 439 public middle schools	99.1%						61.2	67.0			92.9						84.5	91.4		$12,244	$113	$12,131
Mountain Brook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3020 Cambridge Rd	Mountain Brook	35223	Jefferson County	Mountain Brook City	No	No	No	No	(205) 871-8191	551	47	11.7	2.0%	523 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.9%)	97.3	5^th of 686 public elementary schools	99.3%		97.6	5^th of 680 public elementary schools	99.3%		91.4	72.1	73.8	80.0				94.1			96.3	94.1	98.8	95.3				$13,933	$289	$13,644

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Vestavia Hills City	2.23 mi	9	2^nd
Birmingham City	3.29 mi	51	118^th
Independence Preparatory Academy	3.78 mi	1
Jefferson County	3.79 mi	57	100^th
Homewood City	3.86 mi	5	6^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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