Best School Districts in Alabama

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Rank (of 137)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
	Alabama Aerospace and Aviation	9-10	0	0	0	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County			(n/a)
	Alabama Inst Deaf And Blind	K-12	0	0	1	3	Talladega	Talladega County			(n/a)
22^nd	Alabaster City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Alabaster	Shelby County	0.812	21	1
101^st	Albertville City	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Albertville	Marshall County	0.332	95	6
65^th	Alexander City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Alexander City	Tallapoosa County	0.542	73	8
27^th	Andalusia City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Andalusia	Covington County	0.744	23	4
120^th	Anniston City	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Anniston	Calhoun County	0.155	118	2
9^th	Arab City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Arab	Marshall County	0.941	9
	Athens City	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	1	Athens	Limestone County			(n/a)
55^th	Attalla City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Attalla	Etowah County	0.565	101	46
13^th	Auburn City	PK, KG-12	10	2	1	0	Auburn	Lee County	0.928	10	3
80^th	Autauga County	PK, KG-12	5	3	4	3	Prattville	Autauga County	0.483	61	19
33^rd	Baldwin County	PK, KG-12	25	8	10	0	Bay Minette	Baldwin County	0.698	34	1
133^rd	Barbour County	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Clayton	Barbour County	0.073	130	3
	Barnabas School of Leadership		0	0	0	0	Dothan	Houston County			(n/a)
129^th	Bessemer City	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County	0.084	127	2
93^rd	Bibb County	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Centreville	Bibb County	0.416	79	14
117^th	Birmingham City	PK, KG-12	29	9	9	2	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.195	114	3
51^st	Blount County	PK, KG-12	6	1	6	4	Oneonta	Blount County	0.574	64	13
46^th	Boaz City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Boaz	Marshall County	0.621	42	4
	Breakthrough Charter School	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Marion	Limestone County			(n/a)
16^th	Brewton City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Brewton	Escambia County	0.891	18	2
131^st	Bullock County	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Union Springs	Bullock County	0.078	126	5
98^th	Butler County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	2	Greenville	Butler County	0.344	99	1
47^th	Calhoun County	PK, KG-12	7	3	9	1	Anniston	Calhoun County	0.618	43	4
113^th	Chambers County	PK, KG-12	4	2	4	0	Lafayette	Chambers County	0.241	107	6
69^th	Cherokee County	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	4	Centre	Cherokee County	0.53	56	13
119^th	Chickasaw City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Chickasaw	Mobile County	0.164	115	4
103^rd	Chilton County	PK, KG-12	2	4	4	4	Clanton	Chilton County	0.33	105	2
116^th	Choctaw County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Butler	Choctaw County	0.202	117	1
105^th	Clarke County	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Grove Hill	Clarke County	0.315	94	11
75^th	Clay County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Ashland	Clay County	0.499	90	15
60^th	Cleburne County	PK, KG-12	4	1	4	0	Heflin	Cleburne County	0.558	38	22
35^th	Coffee County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	2	Elba	Coffee County	0.687	35
84^th	Colbert County	PK, KG-12	5	0	3	0	Tuscumbia	Colbert County	0.469	84
115^th	Conecuh County	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	1	Evergreen	Conecuh County	0.206	108	7
104^th	Coosa County	K-12	1	0	1	0	Rockford	Coosa County	0.319	100	4
	Covenant Academy of Mobile	K-5	1	0	0	0	Mobile	Mobile County			(n/a)
63^rd	Covington County	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	2	Andalusia	Covington County	0.549	63
	Crenshaw County	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	3	Luverne	Crenshaw County			(n/a)
4^th	Cullman City	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Cullman	Cullman County	0.962	5	1
44^th	Cullman County	PK, KG-12	12	5	9	1	Cullman	Cullman County	0.632	41	3
24^th	Dale County	PK, KG-12	3	1	4	1	Ozark	Dale County	0.76	33	9
107^th	Daleville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Daleville	Dale County	0.29	110	3
114^th	Dallas County	PK, KG-12	6	2	4	0	Selma	Dallas County	0.208	113	1
92^nd	Decatur City	PK, KG-12	12	2	4	1	Decatur	Morgan County	0.421	68	24
78^th	DeKalb County	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	8	Rainsville	DeKalb County	0.487	71	7
37^th	Demopolis City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Demopolis	Marengo County	0.684	40	3
99^th	Dothan City	PK, KG-12	11	1	4	0	Dothan	Houston County	0.34	96	3
102^nd	Elba City	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Elba	Coffee County	0.331	98	4
42^nd	Elmore County	PK, KG-12	6	5	5	1	Wetumpka	Elmore County	0.645	39	3
127^th	Empower Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Bessemer	Jefferson County	0.1		(n/a)
19^th	Enterprise City	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Enterprise	Coffee County	0.824	19
85^th	Escambia County	PK, KG-12	5	2	5	0	Brewton	Escambia County	0.459	74	11
62^nd	Etowah County	PK, KG-12	11	4	7	2	Gadsden	Etowah County	0.551	54	8
106^th	Eufaula City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Eufaula	Barbour County	0.314	102	4
135^th	Fairfield City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Fairfield	Jefferson County	0.055		(n/a)
72^nd	Fayette County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Fayette	Fayette County	0.516	62	10
30^th	Florence City	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Florence	Lauderdale County	0.72	29	1
54^th	Fort Payne City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fort Payne	DeKalb County	0.569	36	18
66^th	Franklin County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	3	Russellville	Franklin County	0.536	88	22
95^th	Gadsden City	PK, KG-12	9	3	3	0	Gadsden	Etowah County	0.396	91	4
21^st	Geneva City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Geneva	Geneva County	0.818	24	3
28^th	Geneva County	PK, KG-12	3	3	4	0	Geneva	Geneva County	0.744	45	17
	Greene County	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Eutaw	Greene County			(n/a)
17^th	Gulf Shores City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gulf Shores	Baldwin County	0.876	13	4
25^th	Guntersville City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Guntersville	Marshall County	0.758	20	5
108^th	Hale County	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	0	Greensboro	Hale County	0.268	116	8
34^th	Haleyville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Haleyville	Winston County	0.695	30	4
7^th	Hartselle City	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Hartselle	Morgan County	0.944	6	1
89^th	Henry County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Abbeville	Henry County	0.45	81	8
8^th	Homewood City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Homewood	Jefferson County	0.943	4	4
10^th	Hoover City	PK, KG-12	11	3	4	0	Hoover	Jefferson County	0.931	11	1
40^th	Houston County	PK, KG-12	5	3	6	2	Dothan	Houston County	0.673	46	6
83^rd	Huntsville City	PK, KG-12	26	11	7	1	Huntsville	Madison County	0.475	70	13
112^th	i3 Academy	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.241	129	17
59^th	Jackson County	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	6	Hollywood	Jackson County	0.561	52	7
23^rd	Jacksonville City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jacksonville	Calhoun County	0.802	26	3
	Jasper City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Jasper	Walker County			(n/a)
97^th	Jefferson County	PK, KG-12	30	11	13	3	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.359	97
	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)
128^th	Lanett City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lanett	Chambers County	0.093	119	9
48^th	Lauderdale County	PK, KG-12	7	0	7	1	Florence	Lauderdale County	0.616	44	4
91^st	Lawrence County	PK, KG-12	6	2	6	0	Moulton	Lawrence County	0.422	92	1
121^st	LEAD Academy	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.134	112	9
57^th	Lee County	PK, KG-12	7	2	4	0	Opelika	Lee County	0.564	57
58^th	Leeds City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Leeds	Jefferson County	0.562	67	9
124^th	Legacy Prep	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.121	133	9
137^th	LIFE Academy	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.022	134	3
82^nd	Limestone County	PK, KG-12	9	0	7	1	Athens	Limestone County	0.477	69	13
118^th	Linden City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Linden	Marengo County	0.17	111	7
123^rd	Lowndes County	PK, KG-12	3	2	4	0	Hayneville	Lowndes County	0.127	122	1
126^th	Macon County	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	1	Tuskegee	Macon County	0.109	125	1
11^th	Madison City	PK, KG-12	7	3	2	0	Madison	Madison County	0.931	8	3
32^nd	Madison County	PK, KG-12	16	5	7	1	Huntsville	Madison County	0.705	28	4
132^nd	MAEF Public Charter Schools	PK, KG-12	0	1	1	0	Mobile	Mobile County	0.075	121	11
38^th	Magic City Acceptance Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	0	Homewood	Jefferson County	0.681	32	6
	Marengo County	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	3	Linden	Marengo County			(n/a)
73^rd	Marion County	PK, KG-12	4	1	4	1	Hamilton	Marion County	0.512	65	8
81^st	Marshall County	PK, KG-12	6	2	5	1	Guntersville	Marshall County	0.482	86	5
134^th	Midfield City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Midfield	Jefferson County	0.07	128	6
96^th	Mobile County	PK, KG-12	54	17	17	2	Mobile	Mobile County	0.382	93	3
100^th	Monroe County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	4	Monroeville	Monroe County	0.338	104	4
110^th	Montgomery County	PK, KG-12	30	9	10	1	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.264	109	1
50^th	Morgan County	PK, KG-12	8	3	7	0	Decatur	Morgan County	0.585	53	3
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)
20^th	Oneonta City	K-12	1	1	1	0	Oneonta	Blount County	0.821	15	5
67^th	Opelika City	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	1	Opelika	Lee County	0.535	58	9
36^th	Opp City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Opp	Covington County	0.687	22	14
3^rd	Orange Beach City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Orange Beach	Baldwin County	0.966		(n/a)
26^th	Oxford City	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Oxford	Calhoun County	0.753	25	1
79^th	Ozark City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Ozark	Dale County	0.485	66	13
29^th	Pelham City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Pelham	Shelby County	0.72	27	2
53^rd	Pell City	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Pell City	St. Clair County	0.57	48	5
	Perry County	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Marion	Perry County			(n/a)
87^th	Phenix City	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	1	Phenix City	Russell County	0.451	77	10
109^th	Pickens County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	0	Carrollton	Pickens County	0.267	106	3
12^th	Piedmont City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Piedmont	Calhoun County	0.929	12
77^th	Pike County	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	0	Troy	Pike County	0.495	59	18
18^th	Pike Road City	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Montgomery	Montgomery County	0.864	16	2
74^th	Randolph County	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	1	Wedowee	Randolph County	0.505	83	9
68^th	Roanoke City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Roanoke	Randolph County	0.535	85	17
94^th	Russell County	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Phenix City	Russell County	0.411	78	16
45^th	Russellville City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Russellville	Franklin County	0.623	37	8
6^th	Saraland City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Saraland	Mobile County	0.95	7	1
14^th	Satsuma City	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Satsuma	Mobile County	0.919	17	3
	Scottsboro City	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Scottsboro	Jackson County			(n/a)
122^nd	Selma City	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	2	Selma	Dallas County	0.131	123	1
111^th	Sheffield City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sheffield	Colbert County	0.257	103	8
31^st	Shelby County	PK, KG-12	16	7	9	1	Columbiana	Shelby County	0.711	31
64^th	St Clair County	PK, KG-12	7	5	5	3	Ashville	St. Clair County	0.544	51	13
130^th	Sumter County	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Livingston	Sumter County	0.08	131	1
49^th	Sylacauga City	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sylacauga	Talladega County	0.59	55	6
	Talladega City	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	0	Talladega	Talladega County			(n/a)
76^th	Talladega County	PK, KG-12	7	3	6	2	Talladega	Talladega County	0.496	72	4
70^th	Tallapoosa County	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	1	Dadeville	Tallapoosa County	0.527	80	10
52^nd	Tallassee City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tallassee	Elmore County	0.573	82	30
136^th	Tarrant City	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Birmingham	Jefferson County	0.054	132	4
61^st	Thomasville City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Thomasville	Clarke County	0.551	47	14
71^st	Troy City	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Troy	Pike County	0.523	49	22
5^th	Trussville City	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Trussville	Jefferson County	0.952	3	2
86^th	Tuscaloosa City	PK, KG-12	12	4	4	1	Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa County	0.455	89	3
90^th	Tuscaloosa County	PK, KG-12	19	9	7	1	Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa County	0.45	76	14
43^rd	Tuscumbia City	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Tuscumbia	Colbert County	0.643	50	7
39^th	University Charter School	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Livingston	Sumter County	0.675		(n/a)
2^nd	Vestavia Hills City	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Vestavia Hills	Jefferson County	0.974	2
56^th	Walker County	PK, KG-12	8	3	6	1	Jasper	Walker County	0.564	75	19
88^th	Washington County	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	3	Chatom	Washington County	0.45	87	1
125^th	Wilcox County	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Camden	Wilcox County	0.109	124	1
15^th	Winfield City	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winfield	Marion County	0.91	14	1
41^st	Winston County	PK, KG-12	4	1	5	0	Double Springs	Winston County	0.668	60	19

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