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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Jefferson County, Alabama

30 public middle schools in Jefferson County, Alabama appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School leads the list at 98.5%, against a median of 38.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Jefferson County, Alabama

Top % Proficient (Reading)

98.5%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

38.8%

BEST IN READING · JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School	Pleasant Grove, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	345	98.5%
2	Pizitz Middle School	Vestavia, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Middle	1,131	91.5%
3	Mountain Brook Junior High School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Middle	1,005	87.3%
4	Liberty Park Middle School	Vestavia, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Middle	514	86.2%
5	Homewood Middle School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Middle	1,000	82.1%
6	HewittTrussville Middle School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Middle	1,163	77.3%
7	Ira F Simmons Middle School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Middle	860	75.9%
8	North Jefferson Middle School	Kimberly, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	669	66.5%
9	Corner Middle School	Warrior, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	437	62.7%
10	Bragg Middle School	Gardendale, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	731	61.7%
11	Leeds Middle School	Leeds, AL	Leeds City	Middle	452	54.3%
12	McAdory Middle School	McCalla, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	841	45.8%
13	Irondale Middle School	Irondale, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	430	39.8%
14	Hueytown Middle School	Hueytown, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	755	39.5%
15	i3 Academy Phase 2	Birmingham, AL	i3 Academy	Middle	400	39.3%
16	Rudd Middle School	Pinson, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	648	38.2%
17	Green Acres Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	309	37.9%
18	ClayChalkville Middle School	Trussville, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	952	30.2%
19	Rutledge School	Midfield, AL	Midfield City	Middle	288	30.2%
20	Bush Hills STEAM Academy	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	370	29.4%
21	Minor Middle School	Adamsville, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	668	27.5%
22	Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	330	27.1%
23	Erwin Middle School	Center Point, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	585	26.3%
24	Huffman Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	384	25.3%
25	Bessemer City Middle School	Bessemer, AL	Bessemer City	Middle	616	24.9%
26	Jones Valley Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	465	24.9%
27	Smith Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	336	24.2%
28	WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	184	24.0%
29	C J Donald Middle School	Fairfield, AL	Fairfield City	Middle	316	21.6%
30	Wilkerson Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Middle	424	20.3%

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