Best Cities in Alabama for Schools

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Rank (of 308)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Mountain Brook	4	1	1	0	0	0.993	1
2^nd	Vestavia	0	2	0	0	2	0.991	2
3^rd	Vestavia Hills	5	0	1	0	1	0.969	3
4^th	Orange Beach	1	0	1	0	0	0.966		(n/a)
5^th	Hampton Cove	1	1	0	0	0	0.964	4	1
6^th	Saraland	2	1	1	0	2	0.95	7	1
7^th	Spanish Fort	2	1	1	0	0	0.947	10	3
8^th	Hartselle	3	2	2	0	1	0.944	12	4
9^th	Homewood	3	1	1	0	0	0.943	5	4
10^th	Hoover	11	3	4	0	6	0.931	11	1
11^th	Piedmont	1	1	1	0	1	0.929	14	3
12^th	Auburn	10	2	1	0	3	0.928	9	3
13^th	Fairhope	3	1	1	0	3	0.925	13
14^th	Madison	8	3	3	0	4	0.924	8	6
15^th	Winfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.91	21	6
16^th	Muscle Shoals	4	1	2	0	0	0.897	15	1
17^th	Webb	1	0	0	0	0	0.89	57	40
18^th	Big Cove	1	0	0	0	0	0.885	6	12
19^th	Morris	1	0	0	1	1	0.883	16	3
20^th	Skipperville	1	0	1	0	0	0.878	26	6
21^st	Gulf Shores	1	1	1	0	1	0.876	20	1
22^nd	Springville	1	1	1	0	0	0.873	18	4
23^rd	Chelsea	2	1	1	0	0	0.87	17	6
24^th	Pike Road	1	3	1	0	0	0.864	25	1
25^th	Helena	2	1	1	0	4	0.861	24	1
26^th	Cropwell	1	0	0	0	0	0.857	19	7
27^th	Daphne	3	2	2	0	3	0.844	32	5
28^th	Elberta	1	1	1	0	2	0.843	22	6
29^th	Enterprise	7	2	2	0	2	0.824	27	2
30^th	Rehobeth	0	2	0	0	0	0.823	33	3
31^st	Geneva	1	1	2	0	0	0.818	47	16
32^nd	Trussville	4	2	1	0	3	0.818	30	2
33^rd	Dutton	1	0	0	0	0	0.817	37	4
34^th	Arab	3	1	1	0	0	0.816	29	5
35^th	Eva	1	0	0	0	0	0.816	42	7
36^th	Alabaster	2	1	1	1	5	0.812	31	5
37^th	Jacksonville	2	0	3	0	1	0.811	38	1
38^th	Bremen	1	0	1	0	0	0.804	23	15
39^th	Slocomb	1	1	1	0	0	0.8	43	4
40^th	Prattville	4	2	4	1	8	0.796	41	1
41^st	Killen	1	0	2	0	1	0.796	45	4
42^nd	Wilsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.795	28	14
43^rd	Southside	1	0	1	0	0	0.794	48	5
44^th	Rainbow City	1	1	0	0	1	0.793	35	9
45^th	Shelby	1	0	0	0	0	0.792	70	25
46^th	New Market	3	1	1	0	0	0.791	36	10
47^th	Coker	1	0	0	0	0	0.789	89	42
48^th	Headland	1	1	1	0	0	0.786	39	9
49^th	Hayden	2	1	1	0	0	0.781	72	23
50^th	Oxford	1	2	2	0	1	0.776	49	1
51^st	Lexington	1	0	1	0	0	0.77		(n/a)
52^nd	Kimberly	0	1	1	0	0	0.769	112	60
53^rd	Flomaton	1	0	2	1	0	0.766	63	10
54^th	Scottsboro	3	2	1	1	0	0.763	60	6
55^th	Flat Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.762	91	36
56^th	Alexandria	1	1	1	0	0	0.762	50	6
57^th	Andalusia	2	2	2	1	0	0.76	68	11
58^th	Deatsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.756	34	24
59^th	Nauvoo	1	0	0	0	0	0.754	71	12
60^th	Brewton	2	1	2	0	0	0.754	44	16
61^st	Hartford	1	1	1	0	0	0.754	66	5
62^nd	Owens Cross Roads	1	0	1	0	2	0.751	46	16
63^rd	Cleveland	1	0	2	1	0	0.745	80	17
64^th	Eclectic	1	1	1	0	0	0.739	51	13
65^th	Hamilton	1	1	1	0	0	0.735	52	13
66^th	Ashford	1	1	1	0	0	0.732	74	8
67^th	Smiths Station	3	1	1	0	1	0.73	65	2
68^th	Addison	1	0	1	0	0	0.729	105	37
69^th	Hazel Green	1	1	1	0	1	0.727	40	29
70^th	Salem	1	0	0	0	0	0.727	56	14
71^st	Pelham	3	2	1	1	1	0.72	61	10
72^nd	Vinemont	2	2	1	0	1	0.72	54	18
73^rd	Loxley	2	0	0	0	0	0.719	141	68
74^th	Fruithurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.718	53	21
75^th	Satsuma	2	0	1	0	1	0.717	106	31
76^th	Locust Fork	1	0	1	0	0	0.713	103	27
77^th	New Hope	1	0	1	0	0	0.71	59	18
78^th	Cordova	1	1	1	0	0	0.708	100	22
79^th	Grant	1	1	1	0	0	0.702	102	23
80^th	Arley	1	0	1	0	0	0.698	149	69
81^st	Jasper	5	3	3	2	1	0.695	110	29
82^nd	Haleyville	1	1	2	0	0	0.695	67	15
83^rd	Holly Pond	1	1	1	0	0	0.694	81	2
84^th	Harvest	4	0	1	0	3	0.69	58	26
85^th	Demopolis	2	1	1	0	1	0.684	88	3
86^th	Cottonwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.683	132	46
87^th	Fosters	1	0	0	0	0	0.683	95	8
88^th	Samson	1	1	1	0	0	0.677	208	120
89^th	Gardendale	2	1	1	0	5	0.674	77	12
90^th	Robertsdale	3	1	2	0	1	0.672	92	2
91^st	Cullman	8	3	7	2	5	0.672	85	6
92^nd	Perdido	1	0	0	0	0	0.67	62	30
93^rd	Double Springs	1	1	2	0	0	0.67	179	86
94^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0	0.659	107	13
95^th	Hokes Bluff	1	1	1	0	0	0.658	147	52
96^th	Bridgeport	1	1	0	0	0	0.656	79	17
97^th	Gurley	1	0	1	0	0	0.654	116	19
98^th	Newton	2	0	1	1	0	0.651	90	8
99^th	Marbury	0	1	0	0	0	0.649	76	23
100^th	Pinckard	0	1	0	0	0	0.645	155	55
101^st	Tuscumbia	4	1	3	1	1	0.645	98	3
102^nd	Millbrook	1	1	1	0	2	0.643	55	47
103^rd	Moody	1	2	1	0	1	0.64	64	39
104^th	Parrish	1	0	0	0	0	0.639	129	25
105^th	Ohatchee	1	0	1	0	0	0.639	78	27
106^th	Somerville	2	0	2	0	1	0.638	113	7
107^th	Warrior	1	1	0	0	0	0.637	186	79
108^th	Rogersville	1	0	1	0	0	0.635		(n/a)
109^th	Coosada	1	0	0	0	0	0.633	125	16
110^th	Centre	1	1	2	0	0	0.633	83	27
111^th	Vincent	1	0	1	0	0	0.633	152	41
112^th	Ashland	1	0	1	0	2	0.632	202	90
113^th	Red Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.63	117	4
114^th	Woodstock	1	0	0	0	0	0.629	97	17
115^th	Mount Olive	1	0	0	0	0	0.623	73	42
116^th	Duncanville	1	1	0	0	0	0.623	120	4
117^th	Chatom	1	0	2	0	0	0.614	134	17
118^th	Dora	1	0	2	0	1	0.613	135	17
119^th	Guntersville	3	2	3	1	0	0.612	104	15
120^th	Munford	1	1	1	0	0	0.61	94	26
121^st	Oneonta	1	1	1	2	1	0.61	87	34
122^nd	Phil Campbell	1	0	1	1	0	0.609	171	49
123^rd	Florence	9	2	5	0	4	0.609	101	22
124^th	Stapleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.607	69	55
125^th	New Brockton	1	1	1	0	1	0.601	150	25
126^th	Ardmore	1	0	1	0	0	0.601	93	33
127^th	Baileyton	1	0	0	0	0	0.6	119	8
128^th	Lester	1	0	1	0	0	0.6	164	36
129^th	Steele	1	0	0	0	0	0.598	137	8
130^th	Boaz	5	1	1	0	1	0.595	114	16
131^st	Glencoe	1	1	1	0	1	0.595	96	35
132^nd	Weaver	1	0	1	0	0	0.592	109	23
133^rd	Hanceville	1	1	1	0	0	0.592	128	5
134^th	Lipscomb	1	0	0	0	0	0.586	218	84
135^th	Roanoke	2	1	1	0	1	0.579	159	24
136^th	Opp	2	1	1	0	0	0.578	86	50
137^th	Attalla	3	1	2	1	0	0.574	206	69
138^th	Lynn	1	0	1	0	0	0.573	146	8
139^th	Tallassee	1	1	1	1	0	0.573	191	52
140^th	Bryant	1	0	0	0	2	0.572	169	29
141^st	Bayou La Batre	0	1	0	0	0	0.57	158	17
142^nd	Opelika	8	3	2	1	3	0.57	139	3
143^rd	Guin	1	0	1	0	1	0.569	82	61
144^th	Berry	1	0	1	0	0	0.565	123	21
145^th	Heflin	2	1	3	0	0	0.563	75	70
146^th	Leeds	2	1	1	0	1	0.562	168	22
147^th	Athens	8	1	4	2	2	0.561	124	23
148^th	Buhl	1	1	1	0	0	0.555	172	24
149^th	Thomasville	1	2	2	0	0	0.551	108	41
150^th	Wilmer	3	0	0	0	0	0.549	127	23
151^st	Odenville	3	1	1	0	0	0.548	156	5
152^nd	Wetumpka	2	2	2	1	1	0.548	161	9
153^rd	Section	1	0	0	1	0	0.546	162	9
154^th	Woodland	1	0	1	0	0	0.546	148	6
155^th	Sylacauga	3	1	2	1	2	0.544	136	19
156^th	Alexander City	2	2	1	0	2	0.542	177	21
157^th	Midland City	1	0	1	0	0	0.533	232	75
158^th	Calera	2	0	1	0	0	0.53	178	20
159^th	Grand Bay	2	1	0	0	0	0.527	126	33
160^th	Summerdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.525	193	33
161^st	Logan	1	0	0	0	0	0.525	121	40
162^nd	Ashville	1	1	2	2	2	0.524	133	29
163^rd	Troy	1	1	5	0	3	0.523	115	48
164^th	Northport	7	4	2	1	0	0.521	142	22
165^th	Douglas	2	1	1	0	0	0.52	194	29
166^th	Stevenson	1	1	1	0	0	0.513	225	59
167^th	Pell City	3	2	1	1	3	0.512	143	24
168^th	Irvington	4	0	2	0	1	0.512	140	28
169^th	Banks	1	0	0	0	0	0.511	84	85
170^th	Bay Minette	3	2	2	0	0	0.511	190	20
171^st	Russellville	3	1	4	1	0	0.509	175	4
172^nd	Pisgah	1	0	0	1	0	0.506	99	73
173^rd	Citronelle	1	1	2	0	1	0.506	187	14
174^th	Brundidge	1	0	1	0	0	0.505	176	2
175^th	Henagar	1	0	0	0	0	0.501	180	5
176^th	Ranburne	1	0	1	0	0	0.498	118	58
177^th	Oakman	1	0	1	0	0	0.498	229	52
178^th	Decatur	13	4	6	1	4	0.496	138	40
179^th	Semmes	2	1	1	0	3	0.496	173	6
180^th	Columbiana	1	1	3	0	1	0.494	130	50
181^st	Fayette	1	1	1	1	0	0.491	163	18
182^nd	Childersburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.488	153	29
183^rd	West Blocton	1	1	2	0	0	0.487	144	39
184^th	Ozark	3	1	4	1	1	0.485	167	17
185^th	Huntsville	29	13	11	3	29	0.483	166	19
186^th	Toney	1	1	0	0	0	0.48	157	29
187^th	Hackleburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.475	197	10
188^th	Goshen	1	0	1	0	0	0.474	154	34
189^th	Moulton	1	1	3	0	1	0.473	185	4
190^th	Montevallo	1	2	1	0	1	0.47	182	8
191^st	Trinity	2	2	3	0	0	0.467	204	13
192^nd	Fort Payne	3	1	2	0	0	0.465	131	61
193^rd	Mount Hope	1	0	0	0	0	0.462	111	82
194^th	Danville	2	1	1	0	0	0.457	223	29
195^th	Lineville	1	1	1	0	0	0.455	211	16
196^th	Anniston	9	3	6	1	6	0.451	189	7
197^th	Phenix City	11	2	1	1	4	0.45	174	23
198^th	Falkville	1	0	1	0	0	0.448	184	14
199^th	Alpine	1	0	1	1	0	0.444	238	39
200^th	Tuscaloosa	16	6	8	1	8	0.439	199	1
201^st	Quinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.439	213	12
202^nd	Carbon Hill	1	0	2	0	0	0.429	234	32
203^rd	Silverhill	1	0	0	0	0	0.428	151	52
204^th	Randolph	1	0	0	0	0	0.427	214	10
205^th	Clanton	1	2	3	0	0	0.422	210	5
206^th	Blountsville	2	0	2	0	1	0.421	222	16
207^th	Gadsden	11	3	5	1	4	0.417	205	2
208^th	Gordo	1	0	1	0	0	0.417	216	8
209^th	Foley	3	1	1	0	5	0.416	196	13
210^th	Sumiton	1	1	0	0	1	0.416	188	22
211^th	Hollywood	1	0	1	1	0	0.409	122	89
212^th	Brookwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.407	145	67
213^th	Florala	0	0	1	0	0	0.407	201	12
214^th	Elkmont	1	0	1	0	1	0.402	165	49
215^th	Clay	1	0	0	0	0	0.401	215
216^th	Wedowee	1	1	3	0	0	0.399	203	13
217^th	Moundville	2	1	1	0	0	0.396	242	25
218^th	East Brewton	1	1	1	0	0	0.395	170	48
219^th	Irondale	1	1	1	0	1	0.387	209	10
220^th	Bear Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.38	236	16
221^st	Mount Vernon	2	0	0	0	0	0.376	198	23
222^nd	Cherokee	1	0	1	0	0	0.372	249	27
223^rd	Dothan	12	1	7	2	10	0.372	212	11
224^th	Jackson	2	1	1	0	1	0.368	231	7
225^th	Leighton	2	0	1	0	0	0.366	224	1
226^th	Columbia	0	0	1	0	0	0.363	233	7
227^th	Lockhart	1	0	0	0	0	0.363	183	44
228^th	Mobile	34	14	9	3	32	0.36	217	11
229^th	Sardis City	0	1	1	0	0	0.358	181	48
230^th	Valley Grande	1	1	0	0	0	0.352	241	11
231^st	Town Creek	2	0	1	0	0	0.352	247	16
232^nd	Livingston	3	0	2	0	0	0.345	275	43
233^rd	Seale	1	1	2	0	1	0.34	195	38
234^th	Valley	3	1	2	0	2	0.338	230	4
235^th	Pleasant Grove	1	2	1	0	0	0.337	235
236^th	Plantersville	1	0	1	0	0	0.335	160	76
237^th	Elba	1	0	2	0	0	0.331	228	9
238^th	Notasulga	1	0	1	1	0	0.329	258	20
239^th	Rockford	1	1	1	0	0	0.319	243	4
240^th	Centreville	0	1	1	0	1	0.316	207	33
241^st	Bon Secour	1	0	0	0	0	0.314	254	13
242^nd	Eufaula	2	1	2	1	2	0.314	245	3
243^rd	Albertville	4	2	2	0	1	0.313	227	16
244^th	Loachapoka	1	0	1	0	0	0.313	240	4
245^th	Altoona	1	0	0	0	0	0.303	192	53
246^th	Dadeville	1	1	1	0	0	0.302	220	26
247^th	Mc Calla	2	1	1	0	2	0.3	219	28
248^th	Jemison	1	2	1	0	1	0.293	255	7
249^th	Daleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.29	259	10
250^th	Laceys Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.286	239	11
251^st	Graysville	1	0	0	0	0	0.275	237	14
252^nd	Greenville	2	1	2	0	1	0.268	251	1
253^rd	Theodore	2	1	1	0	1	0.267	252	1
254^th	Grove Hill	1	1	1	0	1	0.263	200	54
255^th	Sheffield	2	1	1	0	0	0.257	246	9
256^th	Gilbertown	1	0	1	0	0	0.256	267	11
257^th	Montgomery	32	10	17	2	32	0.256	256	1
258^th	Walnut Grove	0	0	1	0	0	0.254	226	32
259^th	Fultondale	1	0	0	0	0	0.251	262	3
260^th	Birmingham	46	11	20	5	55	0.248	257	3
261^st	Monroeville	1	1	2	1	1	0.237	287	26
262^nd	Vance	1	1	0	0	0	0.236	250	12
263^rd	Lanett	2	1	1	0	1	0.236	253	10
264^th	Shorter	1	0	0	0	0	0.234	293	29
265^th	Orrville	1	0	1	0	0	0.231	288	23
266^th	Atmore	3	1	1	0	3	0.23	272	6
267^th	Talladega	3	2	4	3	1	0.214	265	2
268^th	Repton	1	0	0	0	0	0.209	277	9
269^th	Evergreen	2	1	3	1	1	0.209	248	21
270^th	Bessemer	9	1	4	0	5	0.205	261	9
271^st	Pine Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	294	23
272^nd	Reform	1	0	1	0	0	0.199	221	51
273^rd	Cottondale	1	2	1	0	1	0.195	264	9
274^th	Hueytown	2	1	1	1	1	0.194	263	11
275^th	Pinson	2	1	2	0	2	0.193	268	7
276^th	Castleberry	1	0	0	0	0	0.192	273	3
277^th	Aliceville	1	0	1	0	0	0.185	292	15
278^th	Tanner	1	0	1	0	0	0.18	269	9
279^th	Brent	1	0	0	0	0	0.175	244	35
280^th	Brighton	1	0	0	0	0	0.173	271	9
281^st	Linden	1	1	1	0	1	0.17	266	15
282^nd	Prichard	3	0	2	0	3	0.166	279	3
283^rd	Chickasaw	1	1	1	1	1	0.164	270	13
284^th	Hope Hull	1	0	0	0	1	0.159	260	24
285^th	Hayneville	2	1	3	0	0	0.156	278	7
286^th	Crossville	1	1	1	0	1	0.15	276	10
287^th	Adamsville	2	1	1	0	0	0.149	285	2
288^th	Greensboro	1	1	2	0	1	0.149	290	2
289^th	Butler	1	0	1	0	1	0.148	281	8
290^th	Eight Mile	2	0	1	0	0	0.135	284	6
291^st	Fort Deposit	1	1	0	0	0	0.125	305	14
292^nd	Tuskegee	1	1	2	0	0	0.118	295	3
293^rd	Abbeville	1	0	1	1	1	0.114	286	7
294^th	Selma	9	3	3	3	5	0.108	296	2
295^th	Center Point	1	1	1	0	0	0.091	301	6
296^th	Tuskegee Institute	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	300	4
297^th	Camden	1	1	1	1	2	0.089	297
298^th	Clayton	1	0	1	1	0	0.083	302	4
299^th	Lafayette	1	1	3	0	1	0.078	280	19
300^th	Union Springs	1	1	2	0	1	0.078	299	1
301^st	Alberta	1	0	0	0	0	0.077	291	10
302^nd	Mc Intosh	1	0	1	0	0	0.07	282	20
303^rd	Midfield	1	1	2	0	0	0.07	303
304^th	Fairfield	2	1	2	1	2	0.055	304
305^th	Louisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.053	307	2
306^th	Eutaw	1	1	3	0	0	0.042	306
307^th	Letohatchee	0	0	1	0	0	0.016	298	9
308^th	York	0	0	1	0	0	0.011	309	1

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Alabama State Department of Education.
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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.