Best Elementary Schools in Alabama

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the Summative Assessment test scores by the Alabama State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, August 9, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 684)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
010192000705	221	Gardendale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	860 Bauers Ln	Gardendale	35071	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(205) 379-3550	677	39	17.5	48.4%	370 (54.7%)	215 (31.8%)	48 (7.1%)	16 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.0%)	$8,994			$631			$8,343	65.1	60.6	259	38
010027000062	222	Perdido Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	23589 County Road 47	Perdido	36562	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 937-8456	631	33	18.9	66.4%	531 (84.2%)	5 (0.8%)	16 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (9.7%)	$10,351			$1,343			$9,003	64.8	68.2	204	18
010012002417	223	Athens Renaissance School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	405 South Street East	Athens	35611	Limestone County	Athens City	No	No	Yes	No	(256) 614-3708	646	25	25.8	28.3%	532 (82.4%)	46 (7.1%)	29 (4.5%)	8 (1.2%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (3.7%)								64.6	68.4	203	20
010036000098	224	West Blocton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	828 Cahaba River Dr	West Blocton	35184	Bibb County	Bibb County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 938-9005	278	16	17.3	63.3%	235 (84.5%)	16 (5.8%)	17 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$10,853			$1,999			$8,840	64.6	55.3	304	80
010318001805	225	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	79001 Al Hwy 77	Lincoln	35096	Talladega County	Talladega County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 315-5265	853	45	19	62.0%	551 (64.6%)	233 (27.3%)	27 (3.2%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.5%)	$8,515			$1,387			$7,098	64.4	57.5	284	59
010201002547	226	Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3000 County Road 200	Florence	35633	Lauderdale County	Lauderdale County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(256) 764-2903	714	39	18.1	63.0%	640 (89.6%)	32 (4.5%)	21 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.5%)								64.3			(n/a)
010162000563	227	Mitchell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1501 Noccalula Rd	Gadsden	35901	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	No	(256) 546-2711	255	15	16.5	69.8%	161 (63.1%)	62 (24.3%)	18 (7.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.7%)	$8,237			$807			$7,413	64.3	74.1	157	70
010060000260	228	Huguley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3011 Phillips Rd	Lanett	36863	Chambers County	Chambers County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 576-2572	384	23	16.6	56.3%	245 (63.8%)	111 (28.9%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.2%)	$8,700			$1,133			$7,554	64.2	60.3	262	34
010258000349	229	Northside School	Public	3-5	601 N 5th St	Opelika	36801	Lee County	Opelika City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 745-9731	435	22	19.5	62.5%	162 (37.2%)	241 (55.4%)	26 (6.0%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,139			$1,909			$8,170	64.2	71.6	174	55
010222001684	230	Central School	Public	PK, KG-8	990 Ryland Pike	Huntsville	35811	Madison County	Madison County	No	No	No	No	(256) 851-4670	657	39	16.9	36.7%	456 (69.4%)	75 (11.4%)	45 (6.8%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (7.0%)	$8,274			$640			$7,595	64	76.1	139	91

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Summative Assessment Mathematics, Summative Assessment English, Summative Assessment Science test scores released by the Alabama State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 9, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Alabama State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Alabama State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.