Best High Schools in Alabama

The top 32 high schools (grades 9-12) in Alabama, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 59%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Alabama Connections Academy	Athens, AL	7,063	47%
2	Alabama Virtual Academy at Eufaula City Schools	Eufaula, AL	3,901	33%
3	Hoover High School	Hoover, AL	2,841	65%
4	Baker High School	Mobile, AL	2,491	54%
5	Thompson High School	Alabaster, AL	2,203	45%
6	James Clemens High School	Madison, AL	2,149	72%
7	Auburn High School	Auburn, AL	2,143	52%
8	Enterprise High School	Enterprise, AL	2,117	55%
9	Virgil Grissom High School	Huntsville, AL	1,974	43%
10	Mary G Montgomery High School	Semmes, AL	1,965	58%
11	Bob Jones High School	Madison, AL	1,920	69%
12	Huntsville High School	Huntsville, AL	1,826	63%
13	Spain Park High School	Hoover, AL	1,503	62%
14	Homewood High School	Homewood, AL	1,330	66%
15	Huffman High SchoolMagnet	Birmingham, AL	1,147	34%
16	Florence High School	Florence, AL	1,034	63%
17	Hartselle High School	Hartselle, AL	1,031	66%
18	Cullman High School	Cullman, AL	997	61%
19	Mountain Brook Junior High School	Mountain Brook, AL	982	70%
20	Mountain Brook High School	Mountain Brook, AL	967	65%
21	Gulf Shores High School	Gulf Shores, AL	799	64%
22	Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet	Birmingham, AL	738	27%
23	Sparkman Ninth Grade School	Harvest, AL	651	62%
24	Athens Renaissance School	Athens, AL	646	64%
25	Pike Road High School	Pike Road, AL	611	62%
26	Pike Road Jr High School	Pike Road, AL	604	63%
27	Vestavia Hills High School Freshman Campus	Vestavia Hills, AL	587	70%
28	Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School	Montgomery, AL	575	67%
29	Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School	Montgomery, AL	464	66%
30	Baldwin County Virtual School	Daphne, AL	298	62%
31	Lloyd Wood Education Center	Northport, AL	242	68%
32	William E Burkett MultiHandicapped Center	Morris, AL	192	67%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in Alabama?

The largest high school in Alabama is Alabama Connections Academy in Athens with 7,063 students and a 47% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in Alabama?

This page shows the top 32 high schools (grades 9-12) in Alabama by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.