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Top 100 traditional public schools in Alabama (2025)

District-run public schools. Ranked by the Success Index (US) from official American data; 100 schools shown.

  1. 1
    96
    Mountain Brook High SchoolMountain Brook · Public High96% Math proficiency · 985 students
  2. 2
    96
    Kilby Laboratory SchoolFlorence · Public Elementary11.2% Free/reduced-price lunch · 187 students
  3. 3
    95
    Crestline Elementary SchoolMountain Brook · Public Elementary89% Math proficiency · 743 students
  4. 4
    95
    Mountain Brook Elementary SchoolMountain Brook · Public Elementary87% Math proficiency · 551 students
  5. 5
    95
    Cherokee Bend Elementary SchoolMountain Brook · Public Elementary89% Math proficiency · 562 students
  6. 6
    95
    Brookwood Forest Elementary SchoolMountain Brook · Public Elementary83% Math proficiency · 579 students
  7. 7
    94
    Mountain Brook Junior High SchoolMountain Brook · Public Middle88% Math proficiency · 1,005 students
  8. 8
    92
    Liberty Park Middle SchoolVestavia · Public Middle82% Math proficiency · 514 students
  9. 9
    91
    Loveless Academic Magnet Program High SchoolMontgomery · Public High97.5% Math proficiency · 394 students
  10. 10
    89
    Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty ParkVestavia Hills · Public Elementary83% Math proficiency · 546 students
  11. 11
    89
    Vestavia Hills High SchoolVestavia Hills · Public High87% Math proficiency · 1,625 students
  12. 12
    88
    Cahaba Elementary SchoolTrussville · Public Elementary85% Math proficiency · 542 students
  13. 13
    88
    Edgewood Elementary SchoolHomewood · Public Elementary80% Math proficiency · 935 students
  14. 14
    87
    Greystone Elementary SchoolHoover · Public Elementary79% Math proficiency · 438 students
  15. 15
    87
    Deer Valley Elementary SchoolHoover · Public Elementary79% Math proficiency · 735 students
  16. 16
    87
    Pizitz Middle SchoolVestavia · Public Middle81% Math proficiency · 1,131 students
  17. 17
    86
    New Century Technology High SchoolHuntsville · Public High77% Math proficiency · 366 students
  18. 18
    86
    Forest Avenue Elementary SchoolMontgomery · Public Elementary90% Math proficiency · 617 students
  19. 19
    86
    Vestavia Hills Elementary EastVestavia Hills · Public Elementary87% Math proficiency · 771 students
  20. 20
    86
    Vestavia Hills Elementary WestVestavia Hills · Public Elementary81% Math proficiency · 691 students
  21. 21
    86
    Magnolia Elementary SchoolTrussville · Public Elementary82% Math proficiency · 391 students
  22. 22
    85
    Monte Sano Elementary SchoolHuntsville · Public Elementary82% Math proficiency · 263 students
  23. 23
    85
    Shades Cahaba Elementary SchoolHomewood · Public Elementary77% Math proficiency · 507 students
  24. 24
    85
    Rockwell Elementary SchoolSpanish Fort · Public Elementary73% Math proficiency · 682 students
  25. 25
    84
    Rock Quarry Elementary SchoolTuscaloosa · Public Elementary86% Math proficiency · 671 students
  26. 26
    84
    Tuscaloosa Magnet School ElementaryTuscaloosa · Public Elementary82% Math proficiency · 324 students
  27. 27
    84
    Tuscaloosa Magnet School MiddleTuscaloosa · Public Middle87% Math proficiency · 173 students
  28. 28
    84
    Columbia Elementary SchoolMadison · Public Elementary76% Math proficiency · 701 students
  29. 29
    84
    Hampton Cove ElementaryHampton Cove · Public Elementary82% Math proficiency · 711 students
  30. 30
    84
    Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba HeightsVestavia Hills · Public Elementary77% Math proficiency · 451 students
  31. 31
    83
    Paine Elementary SchoolTrussville · Public Elementary81% Math proficiency · 1,338 students
  32. 32
    83
    Baldwin Art And Academics MagnetMontgomery · Public Middle79% Math proficiency · 478 students
  33. 33
    83
    Phillips Preparatory Middle SchoolMobile · Public Middle80% Math proficiency · 453 students
  34. 34
    83
    Fairhope West ElementaryFairhope · Public Elementary84% Math proficiency · 972 students
  35. 35
    82
    Brocks Gap Intermediate SchoolHoover · Public Elementary78% Math proficiency · 521 students
  36. 36
    82
    Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolHoover · Public Middle80% Math proficiency · 1,192 students
  37. 37
    82
    Spanish Fort Elementary SchoolSpanish Fort · Public Elementary77% Math proficiency · 726 students
  38. 38
    82
    Mt Laurel Elementary SchoolBirmingham · Public Elementary80% Math proficiency · 498 students
  39. 39
    82
    Heritage Elementary SchoolMadison · Public Elementary82% Math proficiency · 869 students
  40. 40
    82
    Liberty Middle SchoolMadison · Public Middle75% Math proficiency · 1,103 students
  41. 41
    82
    Bluff Park Elementary SchoolHoover · Public Elementary74% Math proficiency · 658 students
  42. 42
    82
    Fairhope Middle SchoolFairhope · Public Middle78% Math proficiency · 775 students
  43. 43
    82
    Homewood Middle SchoolHomewood · Public Middle75% Math proficiency · 1,000 students
  44. 44
    81
    Rainbow Elementary SchoolMadison · Public Elementary75% Math proficiency · 725 students
  45. 45
    81
    Jefferson County International Baccalaureate SchoolPleasant Grove · Public Middle90% Math proficiency · 345 students
  46. 46
    81
    Mill Creek Elementary SchoolMadison · Public Elementary81% Math proficiency · 965 students
  47. 47
    81
    Eura Brown Elementary SchoolGadsden · Public Elementary82% Math proficiency · 340 students
  48. 48
    81
    Discovery Middle SchoolMadison · Public Middle73% Math proficiency · 1,054 students
  49. 49
    80
    EicholdMertz School of Math and ScienceMobile · Public Elementary93% Math proficiency · 504 students
  50. 50
    80
    Horizon Elementary SchoolMadison · Public Elementary76% Math proficiency · 567 students
  51. 51
    80
    Verner Elementary SchoolTuscaloosa · Public Elementary81% Math proficiency · 608 students
  52. 52
    80
    Fairhope High SchoolFairhope · Public High75% Math proficiency · 1,536 students
  53. 53
    79
    Cullman Middle SchoolCullman · Public Middle82% Math proficiency · 491 students
  54. 54
    79
    Wrights Mill Road Elementary SchoolAuburn · Public Elementary78% Math proficiency · 388 students
  55. 55
    79
    Barkley Bridge Elementary SchoolHartselle · Public Elementary82% Math proficiency · 419 students
  56. 56
    79
    Hartselle High SchoolHartselle · Public High75% Math proficiency · 1,027 students
  57. 57
    79
    Madison Elementary SchoolMadison · Public Elementary73% Math proficiency · 603 students
  58. 58
    78
    HewittTrussville Middle SchoolTrussville · Public Middle71% Math proficiency · 1,163 students
  59. 59
    78
    Berry Middle SchoolHoover · Public Middle69% Math proficiency · 1,058 students
  60. 60
    78
    MidTown Elementary SchoolMadison · Public Elementary80% Math proficiency · 1,097 students
  61. 61
    78
    W H Council Traditional SchoolMobile · Public Elementary94% Math proficiency · 577 students
  62. 62
    78
    Mt Carmel Elementary SchoolHuntsville · Public Elementary77% Math proficiency · 638 students
  63. 63
    78
    HewittTrussville High SchoolTrussville · Public High73% Math proficiency · 1,571 students
  64. 64
    78
    Riverton Elementary SchoolHuntsville · Public Elementary82% Math proficiency · 596 students
  65. 65
    77
    Hall Kent Elementary SchoolHomewood · Public Elementary70% Math proficiency · 717 students
  66. 66
    77
    Homewood High SchoolHomewood · Public High73% Math proficiency · 1,333 students
  67. 67
    77
    Oak Mountain Elementary SchoolBirmingham · Public Elementary72% Math proficiency · 675 students
  68. 68
    77
    Springville Elementary SchoolSpringville · Public Elementary73% Math proficiency · 779 students
  69. 69
    77
    Old Shell Road Magnet SchoolMobile · Public Elementary79% Math proficiency · 369 students
  70. 70
    77
    Orange Beach MiddleHigh SchoolOrange Beach · Public High18.7% Free/reduced-price lunch · 662 students
  71. 71
    76
    GoldsmithSchiffman ElementaryBig Cove · Public Elementary67% Math proficiency · 935 students
  72. 72
    76
    Daphne East Elementary SchoolDaphne · Public Elementary75% Math proficiency · 947 students
  73. 73
    76
    Orange Beach Elementary SchoolOrange Beach · Public Elementary19.3% Free/reduced-price lunch · 600 students
  74. 74
    76
    Spanish Fort Middle SchoolSpanish Fort · Public Middle67% Math proficiency · 649 students
  75. 75
    76
    Forest Hills SchoolFlorence · Public Elementary76% Math proficiency · 906 students
  76. 76
    76
    Spain Park High SchoolHoover · Public High74% Math proficiency · 1,472 students
  77. 77
    76
    Riverchase Elementary SchoolHoover · Public Elementary69% Math proficiency · 562 students
  78. 78
    76
    Hampton Cove Middle SchoolHampton Cove · Public Middle67% Math proficiency · 785 students
  79. 79
    75
    Daphne Elementary SchoolDaphne · Public Elementary77% Math proficiency · 671 students
  80. 80
    75
    Oak Mountain Intermediate SchoolBirmingham · Public Elementary71% Math proficiency · 636 students
  81. 81
    75
    Creekside Elementary SchoolAuburn · Public Elementary75% Math proficiency · 458 students
  82. 82
    75
    Monrovia Elementary SchoolHuntsville · Public Elementary70% Math proficiency · 600 students
  83. 83
    75
    Shades Mountain Elementary SchoolHoover · Public Elementary67% Math proficiency · 328 students
  84. 84
    75
    James Clemens High SchoolMadison · Public High77% Math proficiency · 2,159 students
  85. 85
    74
    Bob Jones High SchoolMadison · Public High77% Math proficiency · 2,048 students
  86. 86
    74
    ClarkShaw Magnet SchoolMobile · Public Middle84% Math proficiency · 582 students
  87. 87
    74
    Lakewood Elementary SchoolPhenix City · Public Elementary71% Math proficiency · 455 students
  88. 88
    74
    Fairhope East ElementaryFairhope · Public Elementary65% Math proficiency · 913 students
  89. 89
    74
    Winfield Elementary SchoolWinfield · Public Elementary77% Math proficiency · 499 students
  90. 90
    74
    Crestline Elementary SchoolHartselle · Public Elementary72% Math proficiency · 710 students
  91. 91
    74
    South Shades Crest Elementary SchoolHoover · Public Elementary18.2% Free/reduced-price lunch · 534 students
  92. 92
    73
    Guin Elementary SchoolGuin · Public Elementary82% Math proficiency · 308 students
  93. 93
    73
    Hoover High SchoolHoover · Public High69% Math proficiency · 2,919 students
  94. 94
    73
    Carver School of Mathematics Science and TechnologyDothan · Public Elementary90% Math proficiency · 429 students
  95. 95
    73
    Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly RidgeVestavia Hills · Public Elementary12.3% Free/reduced-price lunch · 657 students
  96. 96
    73
    Oak Mountain Middle SchoolBirmingham · Public Middle70% Math proficiency · 1,168 students
  97. 97
    73
    Dauphin Island Elementary SchoolDauphin Island · Public Elementary74.5% Math proficiency · 60 students
  98. 98
    73
    Wilsonville Elementary SchoolWilsonville · Public Elementary77% Math proficiency · 229 students
  99. 99
    73
    Cleburne County Elementary SchoolHeflin · Public Elementary77% Math proficiency · 391 students
  100. 100
    73
    East Elementary SchoolCullman · Public Elementary68% Math proficiency · 466 students

Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook leads the 2025 list of traditional public schools in Alabama with a Success Index (US) of 96.3. Of the 100 schools shown, 100 are public.

Scores are percentiles within school type, so a elementary school and a high school with the same score sit at the same point in their own distributions. Use the rankings to build a shortlist, then visit the schools and ask how they support students at your child's level.

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Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook ranks first among traditional public schools in Alabama with a Success Index (US) of 96.3 out of 100 (Enrollment: 985).

How are traditional public schools in Alabama ranked?

Each school's Success Index (US) combines 4 factors: math proficiency (30%), reading proficiency (30%), community advantage (fewer free/reduced-price lunch) (25%), students per teacher (15%). Each factor is a percentile against schools of the same type across United States. Schools with fewer than 60 students are excluded from rankings.

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