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Best High Schools in Zip Code 36801

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School

1,590

Students

Top rankedOpelika High School151^st of 374 Alabama high schools

Summary:

The 36801 zip code is home to a single high school, Opelika High School, which serves students in grades 9-12 within the Opelika City school district.

Opelika High School has maintained a consistent 3-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past three school years, indicating a relatively stable performance level. The school's 4-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 90.0%, which is above the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate for 2023-2024 was 14.8%, which is relatively high. Academically, the school's proficiency rates on the Summative Assessments were below the state averages in Mathematics, Science, and English, though there were some improvements in Science proficiency in the 2023-2024 school year.

Opelika High School has a relatively high percentage of students (66.86%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant economically disadvantaged population. The school's student-teacher ratio of 16.8 for the 2023-2024 school year is slightly higher than the state average, which may suggest potential staffing challenges that could affect the quality of instruction and student support. Despite these challenges, the school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $11,942, which is in line with the state's average spending.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)	Summative Assessment Science (2025)	Summative Assessment English (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 11th Grade	Summative Assessment English 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Opelika High School	Public	9-12	1700 Bulldog Pkwy	Opelika	36801	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	No	(334) 745-9715	1,590	94	16.9	63.5%	430 (27.0%)	865 (54.4%)	243 (15.3%)	15 (0.9%)	9 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	26 (1.6%)	56.1	151^st of 374 public high schools	59.6%		61.5	117^th of 378 public high schools	69.0%	34	22.9	28.0	29.4	$11,942	$1,125	$10,778

Cities Near Zip Code 36801

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Opelika	0.48 mi	14	162^nd
Auburn	4.49 mi	14	14^th
Salem	9.25 mi	2	48^th
Loachapoka	11.96 mi	2	256^th
Valley	12.31 mi	6	220^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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