Best School Districts in Alabama

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Rank (of 135)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
	Alabama Aerospace and Aviation	9-12	0	0	1	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County			(n/a)
	Alabama Inst Deaf And Blind	K-12	0	0	1	3	Talladega	Talladega County			(n/a)
22^nd	Alabaster City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Alabaster	Shelby County	0.8	22
96^th	Albertville City	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Albertville	Marshall County	0.371	101	5
83^rd	Alexander City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Alexander City	Tallapoosa County	0.452	65	18
23^rd	Andalusia City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Andalusia	Covington County	0.795	27	4
130^th	Anniston City	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Anniston	Calhoun County	0.08	120	10
8^th	Arab City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Arab	Marshall County	0.927	9	1
	Athens City	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	2	Athens	Limestone County			(n/a)
87^th	Attalla City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Attalla	Etowah County	0.429	55	32
13^th	Auburn City	PK, KG-12	10	2	1	1	Auburn	Lee County	0.914	13
76^th	Autauga County	PK, KG-12	5	3	4	4	Prattville	Autauga County	0.475	80	4
33^rd	Baldwin County	PK, KG-12	25	8	10	1	Bay Minette	Baldwin County	0.684	33
128^th	Barbour County	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Clayton	Barbour County	0.095	133	5
131^st	Bessemer City	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County	0.078	129	2
85^th	Bibb County	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Centreville	Bibb County	0.438	93	8
113^th	Birmingham City	PK, KG-12	29	9	9	2	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.217	117	4
56^th	Blount County	PK, KG-12	6	1	6	4	Oneonta	Blount County	0.582	51	5
47^th	Boaz City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Boaz	Marshall County	0.616	46	1
	Breakthrough Charter School	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Marion	Perry County			(n/a)
16^th	Brewton City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Brewton	Escambia County	0.864	16
120^th	Bullock County	K-12	1	1	2	0	Union Springs	Bullock County	0.161	131	11
106^th	Butler County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	2	Greenville	Butler County	0.298	98	8
64^th	Calhoun County	PK, KG-12	7	2	9	1	Anniston	Calhoun County	0.546	47	17
108^th	Chambers County	PK, KG-12	4	2	4	0	Lafayette	Chambers County	0.275	113	5
70^th	Cherokee County	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	4	Centre	Cherokee County	0.528	69	1
123^rd	Chickasaw City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Chickasaw	Mobile County	0.137	119	4
102^nd	Chilton County	PK, KG-12	2	4	4	4	Clanton	Chilton County	0.329	103	1
119^th	Choctaw County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Butler	Choctaw County	0.164	116	3
105^th	Clarke County	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Grove Hill	Clarke County	0.304	105
72^nd	Clay County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Ashland	Clay County	0.494	75	3
51^st	Cleburne County	PK, KG-12	4	1	4	0	Heflin	Cleburne County	0.604	60	9
31^st	Coffee County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	2	Elba	Coffee County	0.708	35	4
69^th	Colbert County	PK, KG-12	5	0	3	0	Tuscumbia	Colbert County	0.529	84	15
114^th	Conecuh County	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	1	Evergreen	Conecuh County	0.197	115	1
100^th	Coosa County	K-12	1	0	1	0	Rockford	Coosa County	0.359	104	4
116^th	Covenant Academy of Mobile	K-6	1	0	0	0	Mobile	Mobile County	0.193		(n/a)
61^st	Covington County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	2	Andalusia	Covington County	0.573	63	2
	Crenshaw County	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	3	Luverne	Crenshaw County			(n/a)
10^th	Cullman City	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Cullman	Cullman County	0.919	4	6
52^nd	Cullman County	PK, KG-12	12	5	9	1	Cullman	Cullman County	0.6	44	8
26^th	Dale County	PK, KG-12	3	1	4	1	Ozark	Dale County	0.768	24	2
107^th	Daleville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Daleville	Dale County	0.277	107
121^st	Dallas County	PK, KG-12	6	2	4	0	Selma	Dallas County	0.15	114	7
82^nd	Decatur City	PK, KG-12	12	2	5	2	Decatur	Morgan County	0.457	92	10
78^th	DeKalb County	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	8	Rainsville	DeKalb County	0.468	78
42^nd	Demopolis City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Demopolis	Marengo County	0.646	37	5
103^rd	Dothan City	PK, KG-12	10	2	4	1	Dothan	Houston County	0.323	99	4
92^nd	Elba City	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Elba	Coffee County	0.393	102	10
35^th	Elmore County	PK, KG-12	6	5	5	1	Wetumpka	Elmore County	0.679	42	7
	Empower Schools of Alabama	K-8	1	1	0	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County			(n/a)
19^th	Enterprise City	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Enterprise	Coffee County	0.821	19
86^th	Escambia County	PK, KG-12	6	2	4	1	Brewton	Escambia County	0.431	85	1
53^rd	Etowah County	PK, KG-12	11	4	7	1	Gadsden	Etowah County	0.597	62	9
112^th	Eufaula City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Eufaula	Barbour County	0.237	106	6
132^nd	Fairfield City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Fairfield	Jefferson County	0.078	135	3
77^th	Fayette County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Fayette	Fayette County	0.473	72	5
32^nd	Florence City	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	1	Florence	Lauderdale County	0.706	30	2
	Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts	6-11	0	0	0	1	Mobile	Mobile County			(n/a)
44^th	Fort Payne City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fort Payne	DeKalb County	0.637	54	10
63^rd	Franklin County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	3	Russellville	Franklin County	0.55	66	3
	Freedom Prep Academy	K-1	1	0	0	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County			(n/a)
97^th	Gadsden City	PK, KG-12	9	3	3	0	Gadsden	Etowah County	0.369	95	2
24^th	Geneva City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Geneva	Geneva County	0.781	21	3
37^th	Geneva County	PK, KG-12	3	3	4	0	Geneva	Geneva County	0.672	28	9
	Greene County	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Eutaw	Greene County			(n/a)
14^th	Gulf Shores City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gulf Shores	Baldwin County	0.911	17	3
25^th	Guntersville City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Guntersville	Marshall County	0.773	25
111^th	Hale County	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	0	Greensboro	Hale County	0.244	108	3
21^st	Haleyville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Haleyville	Winston County	0.802	34	13
7^th	Hartselle City	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Hartselle	Morgan County	0.943	7
90^th	Henry County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Abbeville	Henry County	0.42	89	1
6^th	Homewood City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Homewood	Jefferson County	0.944	8	2
15^th	Hoover City	PK, KG-12	11	3	4	0	Hoover	Jefferson County	0.908	10	5
36^th	Houston County	PK, KG-12	5	3	6	2	Dothan	Houston County	0.672	40	4
79^th	Huntsville City	PK, KG-12	26	11	7	2	Huntsville	Madison County	0.468	83	4
	I Dream Big Charter Schools		0	0	0	0	Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa County			(n/a)
115^th	i3 Academy	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.196	112	3
	Independence Preparatory Academy		0	0	0	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County			(n/a)
	Ivy Classical Academy	K-12	1	0	0	0	Prattville	Elmore County			(n/a)
55^th	Jackson County	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	6	Hollywood	Jackson County	0.588	59	4
27^th	Jacksonville City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jacksonville	Calhoun County	0.768	23	4
	Jasper City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Jasper	Walker County			(n/a)
101^st	Jefferson County	PK, KG-12	30	11	13	3	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.35	97	4
	JF Ingram State Technical College	9-12	0	0	0	0	Deatsville	Elmore County			(n/a)
	Lamar County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	3	Vernon	Lamar County			(n/a)
126^th	Lanett City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lanett	Chambers County	0.104	128	2
38^th	Lauderdale County	PK, KG-12	7	0	7	1	Florence	Lauderdale County	0.672	48	10
95^th	Lawrence County	PK, KG-12	6	2	6	0	Moulton	Lawrence County	0.378	91	4
124^th	LEAD Academy	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.136	121	3
65^th	Lee County	PK, KG-12	7	2	5	1	Opelika	Lee County	0.545	57	8
59^th	Leeds City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Leeds	Jefferson County	0.577	58	1
	Legacy Prep	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County			(n/a)
135^th	LIFE Academy	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.035	137	2
75^th	Limestone County	PK, KG-12	8	0	7	1	Athens	Limestone County	0.475	82	7
117^th	Linden City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Linden	Marengo County	0.186	118	1
122^nd	Lowndes County	PK, KG-12	3	2	4	0	Hayneville	Lowndes County	0.143	123	1
	Macon County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Tuskegee	Macon County			(n/a)
11^th	Madison City	PK, KG-12	7	3	2	0	Madison	Madison County	0.917	11
28^th	Madison County	PK, KG-12	16	5	7	2	Huntsville	Madison County	0.747	32	4
129^th	MAEF Public Charter Schools	PK, KG-12	0	1	1	0	Mobile	Mobile County	0.083	132	3
45^th	Magic City Acceptance Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	0	Homewood	Jefferson County	0.624	38	7
	Marengo County	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	3	Linden	Marengo County			(n/a)
48^th	Marion County	PK, KG-12	4	1	4	1	Hamilton	Marion County	0.609	73	25
81^st	Marshall County	PK, KG-12	7	2	6	1	Guntersville	Marshall County	0.46	81
134^th	Midfield City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Midfield	Jefferson County	0.037	134
94^th	Mobile County	PK, KG-12	53	17	17	3	Mobile	Mobile County	0.378	96	2
99^th	Monroe County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	4	Monroeville	Monroe County	0.361	100	1
109^th	Montgomery County	PK, KG-12	30	9	9	1	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.254	110	1
49^th	Morgan County	PK, KG-12	8	3	7	0	Decatur	Morgan County	0.609	50	1
1^st	Mountain Brook City	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Mountain Brook	Jefferson County	0.993	1
	Muscle Shoals City	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Muscle Shoals	Colbert County			(n/a)
20^th	Oneonta City	K-12	1	1	1	0	Oneonta	Blount County	0.805	20
74^th	Opelika City	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	1	Opelika	Lee County	0.479	67	7
30^th	Opp City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Opp	Covington County	0.718	36	6
3^rd	Orange Beach City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Orange Beach	Baldwin County	0.965	3
29^th	Oxford City	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Oxford	Calhoun County	0.728	26	3
98^th	Ozark City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Ozark	Dale County	0.367	79	19
39^th	Pelham City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Pelham	Shelby County	0.672	29	10
50^th	Pell City	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Pell City	St. Clair County	0.608	53	3
	Perry County	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Marion	Perry County			(n/a)
91^st	Phenix City	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	2	Phenix City	Russell County	0.417	87	4
104^th	Pickens County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	0	Carrollton	Pickens County	0.305	109	5
9^th	Piedmont City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Piedmont	Calhoun County	0.922	12	3
73^rd	Pike County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	0	Troy	Pike County	0.493	77	4
18^th	Pike Road City	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.845	18
88^th	Randolph County	PK, KG-12	4	0	3	1	Wedowee	Randolph County	0.429	74	14
67^th	Roanoke City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Roanoke	Randolph County	0.537	68	1
93^rd	Russell County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Phenix City	Russell County	0.384	94	1
43^rd	Russellville City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Russellville	Franklin County	0.646	45	2
5^th	Saraland City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Saraland	Mobile County	0.948	6	1
17^th	Satsuma City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Satsuma	Mobile County	0.864	14	3
	Scottsboro City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Scottsboro	Jackson County			(n/a)
118^th	Selma City	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	1	Selma	Dallas County	0.181	122	4
110^th	Sheffield City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sheffield	Colbert County	0.253	111	1
34^th	Shelby County	PK, KG-12	16	7	9	1	Columbiana	Shelby County	0.684	31	3
62^nd	St Clair County	PK, KG-12	7	5	5	3	Ashville	St. Clair County	0.553	64	2
127^th	Sumter County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Livingston	Sumter County	0.099	130	3
58^th	Sylacauga City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sylacauga	Talladega County	0.579	49	9
	Talladega City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Talladega	Talladega County			(n/a)
71^st	Talladega County	PK, KG-12	7	3	5	2	Talladega	Talladega County	0.507	76	5
68^th	Tallapoosa County	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	1	Dadeville	Tallapoosa County	0.529	70	2
54^th	Tallassee City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tallassee	Elmore County	0.589	52	2
133^rd	Tarrant City	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Tarrant	Jefferson County	0.055	136	3
40^th	Thomasville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Thomasville	Clarke County	0.657	61	21
60^th	Troy City	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Troy	Pike County	0.574	71	11
4^th	Trussville City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Trussville	Jefferson County	0.953	5	1
80^th	Tuscaloosa City	PK, KG-12	12	4	4	1	Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa County	0.466	86	6
84^th	Tuscaloosa County	PK, KG-12	19	9	7	1	Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa County	0.438	90	6
41^st	Tuscumbia City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Tuscumbia	Colbert County	0.648	43	2
46^th	University Charter School	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Livingston	Sumter County	0.617	39	7
2^nd	Vestavia Hills City	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Vestavia Hills	Jefferson County	0.966	2
66^th	Walker County	PK, KG-12	8	4	6	1	Jasper	Walker County	0.543	56	10
89^th	Washington County	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	3	Chatom	Washington County	0.426	88	1
125^th	Wilcox County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Camden	Wilcox County	0.13	125
12^th	Winfield City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winfield	Marion County	0.915	15	3
57^th	Winston County	PK, KG-12	4	1	5	0	Double Springs	Winston County	0.58	41	16

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