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The fastest-growing public high schools in Alabama

This ranking covers the fastest-growing public high schools in Alabama, drawn from 130 qualifying public high schools. Acceleration Day and Evening Academy leads the list at 109%, against a median of 9.1% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

130

Alabama

Top Enrollment growth

109%

Median Enrollment growth

9.1%

FASTEST GROWING · ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Acceleration Day and Evening Academy	MOBILE, AL	MAEF Public Charter Schools	245	513	109%
2	Elberta High School	Elberta, AL	Baldwin County	391	735	88.0%
3	New Hope High School	New Hope, AL	Madison County	387	598	54.5%
4	Carver Senior High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	1,098	1,553	41.4%
5	Fultondale High School	Birmingham, AL	Jefferson County	601	848	41.1%
6	Parker High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	696	942	35.3%
7	Booker T Washington High	Tuskegee, AL	Macon County	497	656	32.0%
8	Aliceville High School	Aliceville, AL	Pickens County	260	338	30.0%
9	Central High School	Rockford, AL	Coosa County	273	354	29.7%
10	Athens High School	Athens, AL	Athens City	992	1,278	28.8%
11	Daphne High School	Daphne, AL	Baldwin County	1,276	1,639	28.4%
12	Hatton High School	Town Creek, AL	Lawrence County	418	536	28.2%
13	Opelika High School	Opelika, AL	Opelika City	1,248	1,590	27.4%
14	Leeds High School	Leeds, AL	Leeds City	493	624	26.6%
15	Tarrant High School	Tarrant, AL	Tarrant City	472	597	26.5%
16	Talladega High School	Talladega, AL	Talladega City	511	634	24.1%
17	Lillie B Williamson High School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	720	889	23.5%
18	Douglas High School	Douglas, AL	Marshall County	591	727	23.0%
19	Central High School	Phenix City, AL	Phenix City	1,285	1,579	22.9%
20	Asbury High School	Albertville, AL	Marshall County	538	659	22.5%
21	Reeltown High School	Notasulga, AL	Tallapoosa County	408	495	21.3%
22	Booker T Washington Magnet High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	406	492	21.2%
23	New Brockton High School	New Brockton, AL	Coffee County	376	455	21.0%
24	Auburn High School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	1,844	2,227	20.8%
25	Pickens County High School	Reform, AL	Pickens County	221	265	19.9%
26	West Morgan High School	Trinity, AL	Morgan County	399	476	19.3%
27	Headland High School	Headland, AL	Henry County	371	442	19.1%
28	Dothan High School	Dothan, AL	Dothan City	1,334	1,588	19.0%
29	McAdory High School	McCalla, AL	Jefferson County	1,058	1,259	19.0%
30	Lincoln High School	Lincoln, AL	Talladega County	513	607	18.3%
31	Fort Payne High School	Fort Payne, AL	Fort Payne City	937	1,106	18.0%
32	Mortimer Jordan High School	Kimberly, AL	Jefferson County	751	886	18.0%
33	Calera High	Calera, AL	Shelby County	865	1,018	17.7%
34	Holt High School	Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa County	388	456	17.5%
35	Montevallo High School	Montevallo, AL	Shelby County	415	485	16.9%
36	Holtville High School	Deatsville, AL	Elmore County	476	555	16.6%
37	Central Freshman Academy	Phenix City, AL	Phenix City	440	513	16.6%
38	East Lawrence High School	Trinity, AL	Lawrence County	351	408	16.2%
39	Falkville High School	Falkville, AL	Morgan County	402	467	16.2%
40	Winterboro High School	Alpine, AL	Talladega County	327	380	16.2%
41	Saint Clair County High School	Odenville, AL	St Clair County	574	665	15.9%
42	Lanett Senior High School	Lanett, AL	Lanett City	225	260	15.6%
43	Bob Jones High School	Madison, AL	Madison City	1,779	2,048	15.1%
44	Northridge High School	Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa City	1,002	1,153	15.1%
45	Tharptown High School	Russellville, AL	Franklin County	358	410	14.5%
46	Auburn Junior High School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	1,305	1,491	14.3%
47	Northside High School	Northport, AL	Tuscaloosa County	469	535	14.1%
48	Loachapoka High School	Loachapoka, AL	Lee County	243	277	14.0%
49	Pelham High School	Pelham, AL	Pelham City	945	1,076	13.9%
50	Smiths Station High School	Smiths Station, AL	Lee County	1,398	1,588	13.6%

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