Best School Districts in Alabama

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Rank (of 139)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
105^th	Alabama Aerospace and Aviation	K-12	0	0	1	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County	0.334		(n/a)
	Alabama Inst Deaf And Blind	K-12	0	0	1	3	Talladega	Talladega County			(n/a)
19^th	Alabaster City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Alabaster	Shelby County	0.84	22	3
90^th	Albertville City	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Albertville	Marshall County	0.42	96	6
79^th	Alexander City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Alexander City	Tallapoosa County	0.482	83	4
26^th	Andalusia City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Andalusia	Covington County	0.774	23	3
124^th	Anniston City	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Anniston	Calhoun County	0.132	130	6
7^th	Arab City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Arab	Marshall County	0.944	8	1
	Athens City	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	2	Athens	Limestone County			(n/a)
106^th	Attalla City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Attalla	Etowah County	0.331	87	19
14^th	Auburn City	PK, KG-12	10	2	1	0	Auburn	Lee County	0.902	13	1
64^th	Autauga County	PK, KG-12	5	3	4	3	Prattville	Autauga County	0.547	76	12
33^rd	Baldwin County	PK, KG-12	25	8	10	0	Bay Minette	Baldwin County	0.692	33
122^nd	Barbour County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Clayton	Barbour County	0.15	128	6
132^nd	Bessemer City	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County	0.094	131	1
84^th	Bibb County	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Centreville	Bibb County	0.456	85	1
119^th	Birmingham City	PK, KG-12	29	9	9	2	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.213	113	6
45^th	Blount County	PK, KG-12	6	1	6	4	Oneonta	Blount County	0.632	56	11
63^rd	Boaz City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Boaz	Marshall County	0.549	47	16
	Breakthrough Charter School	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Marion	Limestone County			(n/a)
20^th	Brewton City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Brewton	Escambia County	0.821	16	4
129^th	Bullock County	K-12	1	1	2	0	Union Springs	Bullock County	0.11	120	9
86^th	Butler County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	2	Greenville	Butler County	0.443	106	20
62^nd	Calhoun County	PK, KG-12	7	2	9	1	Anniston	Calhoun County	0.556	64	2
110^th	Chambers County	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	0	Lafayette	Chambers County	0.281	108	2
83^rd	Cherokee County	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	4	Centre	Cherokee County	0.461	70	13
121^st	Chickasaw City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Chickasaw	Mobile County	0.161	123	2
96^th	Chilton County	PK, KG-12	2	4	4	4	Clanton	Chilton County	0.378	102	6
117^th	Choctaw County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Butler	Choctaw County	0.216	119	2
107^th	Clarke County	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Grove Hill	Clarke County	0.323	105	2
61^st	Clay County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Ashland	Clay County	0.564	72	11
30^th	Cleburne County	PK, KG-12	4	1	4	0	Heflin	Cleburne County	0.714	51	21
27^th	Coffee County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	2	Elba	Coffee County	0.756	31	4
72^nd	Colbert County	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Tuscumbia	Colbert County	0.505	69	3
115^th	Conecuh County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Evergreen	Conecuh County	0.224	114	1
116^th	Coosa County	K-12	1	0	1	0	Rockford	Coosa County	0.218	100	16
118^th	Covenant Academy of Mobile	K-12	1	0	0	0	Mobile	Mobile County	0.214	116	2
48^th	Covington County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	2	Andalusia	Covington County	0.613	61	13
	Crenshaw County	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	3	Luverne	Crenshaw County			(n/a)
8^th	Cullman City	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Cullman	Cullman County	0.943	10	2
57^th	Cullman County	PK, KG-12	13	6	10	1	Cullman	Cullman County	0.579	52	5
25^th	Dale County	PK, KG-12	3	1	4	1	Ozark	Dale County	0.79	26	1
114^th	Daleville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Daleville	Dale County	0.231	107	7
128^th	Dallas County	PK, KG-12	4	2	5	0	Selma	Dallas County	0.121	121	7
88^th	Decatur City	PK, KG-12	12	2	5	1	Decatur	Morgan County	0.439	82	6
74^th	DeKalb County	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	8	Rainsville	DeKalb County	0.496	78	4
35^th	Demopolis City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Demopolis	Marengo County	0.683	42	7
109^th	Dothan City	PK, KG-12	10	2	4	0	Dothan	Houston County	0.303	103	6
100^th	Elba City	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Elba	Coffee County	0.364	92	8
41^st	Elmore County	PK, KG-12	6	5	5	1	Wetumpka	Elmore County	0.655	35	6
136^th	Empower Schools of Alabama	K-12	1	1	0	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County	0.065		(n/a)
21^st	Enterprise City	PK, KG-12	6	2	3	0	Enterprise	Coffee County	0.811	19	2
85^th	Escambia County	PK, KG-12	6	2	4	1	Brewton	Escambia County	0.445	86	1
60^th	Etowah County	PK, KG-12	11	4	7	1	Gadsden	Etowah County	0.564	53	7
120^th	Eufaula City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Eufaula	Barbour County	0.208	112	8
130^th	Fairfield City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Fairfield	Jefferson County	0.11	132	2
56^th	Fayette County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Fayette	Fayette County	0.581	77	21
46^th	Florence City	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Florence	Lauderdale County	0.631	32	14
	Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts	K-12	0	0	0	0	Mobile	Mobile County			(n/a)
32^nd	Fort Payne City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Fort Payne	DeKalb County	0.695	44	12
67^th	Franklin County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	3	Russellville	Franklin County	0.539	63	4
139^th	Freedom Prep Academy	K-12	1	0	0	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.031		(n/a)
91^st	Gadsden City	PK, KG-12	9	3	3	0	Gadsden	Etowah County	0.401	97	6
18^th	Geneva City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Geneva	Geneva County	0.841	24	6
40^th	Geneva County	PK, KG-12	3	3	4	0	Geneva	Geneva County	0.662	37	3
	Greene County	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Eutaw	Greene County			(n/a)
12^th	Gulf Shores City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gulf Shores	Baldwin County	0.913	14	2
23^rd	Guntersville City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Guntersville	Marshall County	0.808	25	2
111^th	Hale County	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	0	Greensboro	Hale County	0.266	111
31^st	Haleyville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Haleyville	Winston County	0.705	21	10
9^th	Hartselle City	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Hartselle	Morgan County	0.935	7	2
89^th	Henry County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Abbeville	Henry County	0.432	90	1
6^th	Homewood City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Homewood	Jefferson County	0.95	6
13^th	Hoover City	PK, KG-12	11	3	4	0	Hoover	Jefferson County	0.913	15	2
28^th	Houston County	PK, KG-12	5	3	7	1	Dothan	Houston County	0.731	36	8
77^th	Huntsville City	PK, KG-12	25	11	7	2	Huntsville	Madison County	0.486	79	2
	I Dream Big Charter Schools	K-12	0	0	1	0	Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa County			(n/a)
112^th	i3 Academy	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.264	115	3
	Independence Preparatory Academy	K-12	1	0	0	0	Fairfield	Jefferson County			(n/a)
58^th	Ivy Classical Academy	K-12	1	0	0	0	Prattville	Autauga County	0.577		(n/a)
51^st	Jackson County	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	6	Hollywood	Jackson County	0.603	55	4
39^th	Jacksonville City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jacksonville	Calhoun County	0.664	27	12
	Jasper City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Jasper	Walker County			(n/a)
101^st	Jefferson County	PK, KG-12	30	10	14	3	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.348	101
	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)
138^th	Lanett City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lanett	Chambers County	0.037	126	12
55^th	Lauderdale County	PK, KG-12	7	0	7	1	Florence	Lauderdale County	0.586	38	17
99^th	Lawrence County	PK, KG-12	6	2	6	1	Moulton	Lawrence County	0.366	95	4
	LEAD Academy	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Montgomery	Montgomery County			(n/a)
68^th	Lee County	PK, KG-12	7	2	5	0	Opelika	Lee County	0.535	65	3
50^th	Leeds City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Leeds	Jefferson County	0.604	59	9
127^th	Legacy Prep	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.122		(n/a)
131^st	LIFE Academy	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.098	135	4
80^th	Limestone County	PK, KG-12	8	0	7	1	Athens	Limestone County	0.481	75	5
108^th	Linden City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Linden	Marengo County	0.323	117	9
125^th	Lowndes County	PK, KG-12	3	2	4	0	Hayneville	Lowndes County	0.131	122	3
	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	0.915	11
34^th	Madison County	PK, KG-12	16	5	7	1	Huntsville	Madison County	0.687	28	6
135^th	MAEF Public Charter Schools	PK, KG-12	0	1	1	0	Mobile	Mobile County	0.072	129	6
53^rd	Magic City Acceptance Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	0	Homewood	Jefferson County	0.596	45	8
	Marengo County	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	3	Linden	Marengo County			(n/a)
36^th	Marion County	PK, KG-12	4	1	4	1	Hamilton	Marion County	0.683	48	12
97^th	Marshall County	PK, KG-12	8	2	6	1	Guntersville	Marshall County	0.375	81	16
134^th	Midfield City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Midfield	Jefferson County	0.083	134
93^rd	Mobile County	PK, KG-12	53	17	17	3	Mobile	Mobile County	0.389	94	1
104^th	Monroe County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	4	Monroeville	Monroe County	0.338	99	5
113^th	Montgomery County	PK, KG-12	30	9	9	1	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.254	109	4
47^th	Morgan County	PK, KG-12	8	3	7	0	Decatur	Morgan County	0.622	49	2
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)
22^nd	Oneonta City	K-12	1	1	1	0	Oneonta	Blount County	0.809	20	2
81^st	Opelika City	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	1	Opelika	Lee County	0.476	74	7
24^th	Opp City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Opp	Covington County	0.791	30	6
3^rd	Orange Beach City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Orange Beach	Baldwin County	0.96	3
37^th	Oxford City	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Oxford	Calhoun County	0.679	29	8
98^th	Ozark City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Ozark	Dale County	0.37	98
42^nd	Pelham City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Pelham	Shelby County	0.643	39	3
38^th	Pell City	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Pell City	St. Clair County	0.674	50	12
	Perry County	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Marion	Perry County			(n/a)
82^nd	Phenix City	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	1	Phenix City	Russell County	0.474	91	9
102^nd	Pickens County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	0	Carrollton	Pickens County	0.346	104	2
10^th	Piedmont City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Piedmont	Calhoun County	0.923	9	1
76^th	Pike County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	0	Troy	Pike County	0.488	73	3
17^th	Pike Road City	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.855	18	1
92^nd	Randolph County	PK, KG-12	4	0	3	1	Wedowee	Randolph County	0.397	88	4
78^th	Roanoke City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Roanoke	Randolph County	0.486	67	11
94^th	Russell County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Phenix City	Russell County	0.388	93	1
43^rd	Russellville City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Russellville	Franklin County	0.641	43
4^th	Saraland City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Saraland	Mobile County	0.956	5	1
16^th	Satsuma City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Satsuma	Mobile County	0.856	17	1
	Scottsboro City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Scottsboro	Jackson County			(n/a)
123^rd	Selma City	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Selma	Dallas County	0.133	118	5
103^rd	Sheffield City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sheffield	Colbert County	0.345	110	7
29^th	Shelby County	PK, KG-12	16	7	10	1	Columbiana	Shelby County	0.723	34	5
69^th	St Clair County	PK, KG-12	7	5	5	3	Ashville	St. Clair County	0.532	62	7
133^rd	Sumter County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Livingston	Sumter County	0.093	127	6
70^th	Sylacauga City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sylacauga	Talladega County	0.509	58	12
	Talladega City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Talladega	Talladega County			(n/a)
65^th	Talladega County	PK, KG-12	7	3	5	2	Talladega	Talladega County	0.542	71	6
73^rd	Tallapoosa County	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	1	Dadeville	Tallapoosa County	0.504	68	5
54^th	Tallassee City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tallassee	Elmore County	0.59	54
137^th	Tarrant City	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Tarrant	Jefferson County	0.057	133	4
44^th	Thomasville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Thomasville	Clarke County	0.635	40	4
52^nd	Troy City	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Troy	Pike County	0.603	60	8
5^th	Trussville City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Trussville	Jefferson County	0.954	4	1
75^th	Tuscaloosa City	PK, KG-12	12	4	4	1	Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa County	0.494	80	5
87^th	Tuscaloosa County	PK, KG-12	19	9	8	2	Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa County	0.441	84	3
59^th	Tuscumbia City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Tuscumbia	Colbert County	0.576	41	18
49^th	University Charter School	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Livingston	Sumter County	0.611	46	3
2^nd	Vestavia Hills City	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Vestavia Hills	Jefferson County	0.975	2
71^st	Walker County	PK, KG-12	8	4	6	1	Jasper	Walker County	0.507	66	5
95^th	Washington County	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	3	Chatom	Washington County	0.387	89	6
126^th	Wilcox County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Camden	Wilcox County	0.129	125	1
15^th	Winfield City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winfield	Marion County	0.892	12	3
66^th	Winston County	PK, KG-12	4	1	5	0	Double Springs	Winston County	0.541	57	9

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