Schools in Zip Code 36064

Zip code 36064, home to Pike Road, Alabama, contains four public schools—Pike Road Elementary School, Pike Road Intermediate School, Pike Road Junior High School, and Pike Road High School—all part of the highly ranked Pike Road City district, which sits in the top 13% of Alabama districts.

This is a district where excellence is the norm, not the exception. The standout is Pike Road Junior High School, the only 5-star school in the district, ranking in the 91st percentile statewide. Its 8th-grade science proficiency (79.17%) is nearly 25 points above the state average, and its math scores are triple the state norm. Pike Road High School is equally impressive with a 97.6% graduation rate, well above the state's 91.5%, and its ranking has climbed to the 88th percentile. Pike Road Elementary School shows steady improvement, moving from the 60th percentile to a 4-star rating. The only blemish in an otherwise stellar record is 5th-grade math at Pike Road Intermediate School, where proficiency (38.66%) slightly trails the state average (39.06%)—the sole instance of any Pike Road school scoring below the state.

Families here benefit from remarkably low chronic absenteeism (6.5%–7.4% vs. 12% statewide) and healthy student-teacher ratios (16.8:1 to 20.3:1). The community is relatively affluent, with only about 22%–25% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. The district achieves these results without excessive spending, suggesting effective teaching and curriculum drive success. From elementary through high school, the "Pike Road Advantage" is clear: every grade and subject outperforms state averages, and the middle school even inverts the typical "slump" by being the district's top performer. For parents, this is a district that delivers consistent, high-quality education from kindergarten through graduation.