Best School Districts in Alabama

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Rank (of 140)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
103^rd	Alabama Aerospace and Aviation	K-12	0	0	1	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County	0.342		(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
89^th	Albertville City	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Albertville	Marshall County	0.424	96	7
79^th	Alexander City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Alexander City	Tallapoosa County	0.484	83	4
26^th	Andalusia City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Andalusia	Covington County	0.777	23	3
125^th	Anniston City	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Anniston	Calhoun County	0.133	130	5
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)
105^th	Attalla City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Attalla	Etowah County	0.336	87	18
14^th	Auburn City	PK, KG-12	10	2	1	0	Auburn	Lee County	0.902	13	1
63^rd	Autauga County	PK, KG-12	5	3	4	3	Prattville	Autauga County	0.55	76	13
33^rd	Baldwin County	PK, KG-12	25	8	10	0	Bay Minette	Baldwin County	0.692	33
123^rd	Barbour County	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Clayton	Barbour County	0.15	128	5
133^rd	Bessemer City	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County	0.093	131	2
84^th	Bibb County	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Centreville	Bibb County	0.458	85	1
118^th	Birmingham City	PK, KG-12	29	9	9	2	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.213	113	5
44^th	Blount County	PK, KG-12	6	1	6	4	Oneonta	Blount County	0.634	56	12
62^nd	Boaz City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Boaz	Marshall County	0.551	47	15
	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	0.822	16	4
130^th	Bullock County	K-12	1	1	2	0	Union Springs	Bullock County	0.11	120	10
86^th	Butler County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	2	Greenville	Butler County	0.445	106	20
61^st	Calhoun County	PK, KG-12	7	2	9	1	Anniston	Calhoun County	0.559	64	3
110^th	Chambers County	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	0	Lafayette	Chambers County	0.282	108	2
83^rd	Cherokee County	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	4	Centre	Cherokee County	0.464	70	13
121^st	Chickasaw City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Chickasaw	Mobile County	0.164	123	2
96^th	Chilton County	PK, KG-12	2	4	4	4	Clanton	Chilton County	0.382	102	6
117^th	Choctaw County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Butler	Choctaw County	0.218	119	2
107^th	Clarke County	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Grove Hill	Clarke County	0.327	105	2
59^th	Clay County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Ashland	Clay County	0.566	72	13
30^th	Cleburne County	PK, KG-12	4	1	4	0	Heflin	Cleburne County	0.715	51	21
27^th	Coffee County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	2	Elba	Coffee County	0.757	31	4
70^th	Colbert County	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Tuscumbia	Colbert County	0.523	69	1
115^th	Conecuh County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Evergreen	Conecuh County	0.23	114	1
116^th	Coosa County	K-12	1	0	1	0	Rockford	Coosa County	0.22	100	16
120^th	Covenant Academy of Mobile	K-12	1	0	0	0	Mobile	Mobile County	0.211	116	4
47^th	Covington County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	2	Andalusia	Covington County	0.615	61	14
	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	0.942	10	2
55^th	Cullman County	PK, KG-12	13	6	10	1	Cullman	Cullman County	0.586	52	3
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	0.236	107	7
128^th	Dallas County	PK, KG-12	4	2	5	0	Selma	Dallas County	0.123	121	7
87^th	Decatur City	PK, KG-12	12	2	5	1	Decatur	Morgan County	0.441	82	5
74^th	DeKalb County	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	8	Rainsville	DeKalb County	0.498	78	4
35^th	Demopolis City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Demopolis	Marengo County	0.685	42	7
109^th	Dothan City	PK, KG-12	10	2	4	0	Dothan	Houston County	0.305	103	6
99^th	Elba City	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Elba	Coffee County	0.369	92	7
40^th	Elmore County	PK, KG-12	6	5	5	1	Wetumpka	Elmore County	0.656	35	5
137^th	Empower Schools of Alabama	K-12	1	1	0	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County	0.064		(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	0.447	86	1
60^th	Etowah County	PK, KG-12	11	4	7	1	Gadsden	Etowah County	0.566	53	7
119^th	Eufaula City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Eufaula	Barbour County	0.211	112	7
131^st	Fairfield City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Fairfield	Jefferson County	0.11	132	1
56^th	Fayette County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Fayette	Fayette County	0.583	77	21
45^th	Florence City	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Florence	Lauderdale County	0.632	32	13
	Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts	K-12	0	0	0	0	Mobile	Mobile County			(n/a)
64^th	Fort Payne City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Fort Payne	DeKalb County	0.549	44	20
67^th	Franklin County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	3	Russellville	Franklin County	0.541	63	4
140^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	0.403	97	6
18^th	Geneva City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Geneva	Geneva County	0.841	24	6
39^th	Geneva County	PK, KG-12	3	3	4	0	Geneva	Geneva County	0.664	37	2
	Greene County	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Eutaw	Greene County			(n/a)
13^th	Gulf Shores City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gulf Shores	Baldwin County	0.913	14	1
22^nd	Guntersville City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Guntersville	Marshall County	0.81	25	3
111^th	Hale County	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	0	Greensboro	Hale County	0.268	111
32^nd	Haleyville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Haleyville	Winston County	0.706	21	11
9^th	Hartselle City	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Hartselle	Morgan County	0.935	7	2
88^th	Henry County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Abbeville	Henry County	0.434	90	2
6^th	Homewood City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Homewood	Jefferson County	0.95	6
12^th	Hoover City	PK, KG-12	11	3	4	0	Hoover	Jefferson County	0.913	15	3
28^th	Houston County	PK, KG-12	5	3	7	1	Dothan	Houston County	0.733	36	8
78^th	Huntsville City	PK, KG-12	25	11	7	2	Huntsville	Madison County	0.487	79	1
	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	0.267	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)
50^th	Jackson County	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	6	Hollywood	Jackson County	0.605	55	5
38^th	Jacksonville City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jacksonville	Calhoun County	0.664	27	11
	Jasper City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Jasper	Walker County			(n/a)
100^th	Jefferson County	PK, KG-12	30	10	14	3	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.361	101	1
	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)
139^th	Lanett City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lanett	Chambers County	0.036	126	13
54^th	Lauderdale County	PK, KG-12	7	0	7	1	Florence	Lauderdale County	0.588	38	16
106^th	Lawrence County	PK, KG-12	6	2	6	1	Moulton	Lawrence County	0.335	95	11
122^nd	LEAD Academy	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.156	124	2
68^th	Lee County	PK, KG-12	7	2	5	0	Opelika	Lee County	0.536	65	3
49^th	Leeds City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Leeds	Jefferson County	0.605	59	10
129^th	Legacy Prep	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.121		(n/a)
132^nd	LIFE Academy	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.097	135	3
80^th	Limestone County	PK, KG-12	8	0	7	1	Athens	Limestone County	0.483	75	5
108^th	Linden City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Linden	Marengo County	0.327	117	9
126^th	Lowndes County	PK, KG-12	3	2	4	0	Hayneville	Lowndes County	0.131	122	4
	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	0.688	28	6
136^th	MAEF Public Charter Schools	PK, KG-12	0	1	1	0	Mobile	Mobile County	0.071	129	7
52^nd	Magic City Acceptance Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	0	Homewood	Jefferson County	0.598	45	7
	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	0.685	48	12
97^th	Marshall County	PK, KG-12	8	2	6	1	Guntersville	Marshall County	0.378	81	16
135^th	Midfield City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Midfield	Jefferson County	0.083	134	1
95^th	Mobile County	PK, KG-12	53	17	17	3	Mobile	Mobile County	0.39	94	1
104^th	Monroe County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	4	Monroeville	Monroe County	0.34	99	5
113^th	Montgomery County	PK, KG-12	30	9	9	1	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.254	109	4
46^th	Morgan County	PK, KG-12	8	3	7	0	Decatur	Morgan County	0.623	49	3
1^st	Mountain Brook City	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Mountain Brook	Jefferson County	0.992	1
	Muscle Shoals City	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Muscle Shoals	Colbert County			(n/a)
23^rd	Oneonta City	K-12	1	1	1	0	Oneonta	Blount County	0.809	20	3
81^st	Opelika City	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	1	Opelika	Lee County	0.478	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	0.681	29	8
98^th	Ozark City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Ozark	Dale County	0.375	98
42^nd	Pelham City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Pelham	Shelby County	0.644	39	3
31^st	Pell City	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Pell City	St. Clair County	0.712	50	19
	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	0.476	91	9
102^nd	Pickens County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	0	Carrollton	Pickens County	0.347	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	0.491	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	0.4	88	4
77^th	Roanoke City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Roanoke	Randolph County	0.489	67	10
93^rd	Russell County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Phenix City	Russell County	0.39	93
41^st	Russellville City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Russellville	Franklin County	0.644	43	2
4^th	Saraland City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Saraland	Mobile County	0.955	5	1
16^th	Satsuma City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Satsuma	Mobile County	0.857	17	1
	Scottsboro City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Scottsboro	Jackson County			(n/a)
124^th	Selma City	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Selma	Dallas County	0.134	118	6
101^st	Sheffield City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sheffield	Colbert County	0.349	110	9
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	0.534	62	7
134^th	Sumter County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Livingston	Sumter County	0.093	127	7
71^st	Sylacauga City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sylacauga	Talladega County	0.511	58	13
	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	0.544	71	6
73^rd	Tallapoosa County	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	1	Dadeville	Tallapoosa County	0.506	68	5
53^rd	Tallassee City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tallassee	Elmore County	0.591	54	1
138^th	Tarrant City	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Tarrant	Jefferson County	0.057	133	5
43^rd	Thomasville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Thomasville	Clarke County	0.637	40	3
51^st	Troy City	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Troy	Pike County	0.605	60	9
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	0.496	80	5
90^th	Tuscaloosa County	PK, KG-12	19	9	8	2	Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa County	0.414	84	6
57^th	Tuscumbia City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Tuscumbia	Colbert County	0.578	41	16
48^th	University Charter School	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Livingston	Sumter County	0.611	46	2
2^nd	Vestavia Hills City	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Vestavia Hills	Jefferson County	0.975	2
72^nd	Walker County	PK, KG-12	8	4	6	1	Jasper	Walker County	0.509	66	6
94^th	Washington County	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	3	Chatom	Washington County	0.39	89	5
127^th	Wilcox County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Camden	Wilcox County	0.128	125	2
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	0.543	57	9

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