Best Middle Schools in Alabama for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Alabama!

Every year, the Alabama State Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Alabama test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 281)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
010249001057	1	Mountain Brook Junior High School	Public	7-9	205 Overbrook Dr	Mountain Brook	35213	Jefferson County	Mountain Brook City	No	No	No	No	(205) 871-3516	982	83	11.8	2.4%	916 (93.3%)	2 (0.2%)	18 (1.8%)	11 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.6%)	$12,244			$113			$12,131	99.6%	99.3%	0.32%
010000700337	2	Berry Middle School	Public	6-8	4500 Jaguar Dr	Hoover	35242	Shelby County	Hoover City	No	No	No	No	(205) 439-2000	1,113	76	14.7	34.1%	649 (58.3%)	219 (19.7%)	108 (9.7%)	93 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	42 (3.8%)	$10,356			$823			$9,533	99.3%	96.6%	2.68%
010343002135	3	Liberty Park Middle School	Public	6-8	17035 Liberty Pkwy	Vestavia	35242	Shelby County	Vestavia Hills City	No	No	No	No	(205) 402-5450	503	36	13.9	9.9%	393 (78.1%)	23 (4.6%)	30 (6.0%)	38 (7.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	$14,344			$07			$14,335	98.9%	98.4%	0.52%
010180002093	4	Hampton Cove Middle School	Public	6-8	261 Old 431 Highway	Hampton Cove	35763	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	No	(256) 428-8380	735	35	21	10.6%	568 (77.3%)	46 (6.3%)	46 (6.3%)	21 (2.9%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (6.7%)	$6,081			$152			$5,927	98.6%	97.5%	1.07%
010010000027	5	Arab Junior High School	Public	6-8	911 Old Cullman Rd	Arab	35016	Marshall County	Arab City	No	No	No	No	(256) 586-6074	592	37	16	50.7%	542 (91.6%)	4 (0.7%)	23 (3.9%)	7 (1.2%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	$7,922			$794			$7,122	98.2%	93.9%	4.33%
010001300714	6	HewittTrussville Middle School	Public	6-8	5275 Trussville Clay Road	Trussville	35173	Jefferson County	Trussville City	No	No	No	No	(205) 228-3700	1,202	62	19.3	16.5%	909 (75.6%)	194 (16.1%)	36 (3.0%)	22 (1.8%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (3.1%)	$8,729			$744			$7,613	97.9%	94.8%	3.07%
010343001301	7	Pizitz Middle School	Public	6-8	2826 Columbiana Road	Vestavia	35216	Jefferson County	Vestavia Hills City	No	No	No	No	(205) 402-5350	1,158	73	15.8	10.6%	954 (82.4%)	65 (5.6%)	40 (3.5%)	75 (6.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (1.9%)	$10,929			$585			$10,343	97.5%	99.8%	2.26%
010000800495	8	Discovery Middle School	Public	6-8	1304 Hughes Rd	Madison	35758	Madison County	Madison City	No	No	No	No	(256) 837-3735	1,334	80	16.6	25.3%	769 (57.6%)	259 (19.4%)	103 (7.7%)	102 (7.6%)	7 (0.5%)	4 (0.3%)	90 (6.7%)	$8,621			$642			$7,950	97.2%	93.4%	3.71%
010180001774	9	Challenger Middle School	Public	6-8	13555 Chaney Thompson Rd	Huntsville	35803	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	No	(256) 428-7620	438	26	16.8	43.8%	228 (52.1%)	115 (26.3%)	49 (11.2%)	9 (2.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.8%)	$8,912			$1,270			$7,641	96.8%	86.2%	10.60%
010000701741	10	Ira F Simmons Middle School	Public	6-8	1575 Patton Chapel Road	Hoover	35226	Jefferson County	Hoover City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 439-2100	882	68	12.9	45.8%	468 (53.1%)	228 (25.9%)	120 (13.6%)	28 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.2%)	$12,051			$881			$11,168	96.4%	93.0%	3.45%

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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.