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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Lee County, Alabama

29 public schools in Lee County, Alabama appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Pick Elementary School leads the list at 84.1%, against a median of 67.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lee County, Alabama

Top % Proficient (Reading)

84.1%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

67.1%

BEST IN READING · LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Pick Elementary School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	Elementary	464	84.1%
2	Ogletree Elementary School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	Elementary	523	83.2%
3	Lakewood Elementary School	Phenix City, AL	Phenix City	Elementary	455	82.7%
4	Creekside Elementary School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	Elementary	458	81.5%
5	Margaret Yarbrough Elementary School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	Elementary	396	81.3%
6	Wrights Mill Road Elementary School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	Elementary	388	79.6%
7	Drake Middle School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	Middle	720	77.9%
8	South Smiths Station Elementary School	Smiths Station, AL	Lee County	Elementary	669	77.3%
9	Wacoochee Elementary School	Salem, AL	Lee County	Elementary	574	76.9%
10	East Samford School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	Middle	733	76.4%
11	Beauregard Elementary School	Opelika, AL	Lee County	Elementary	783	72.6%
12	Auburn Junior High School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	High	1,491	72.2%
13	East Smiths Station Elementary School	Smiths Station, AL	Lee County	Elementary	785	72.2%
14	West Smiths Station Elementary School	Smiths Station, AL	Lee County	Elementary	811	70.7%
15	Northside School	Opelika, AL	Opelika City	Elementary	464	67.1%
16	Morris Avenue Intermediate School	Opelika, AL	Opelika City	Elementary	397	62.5%
17	Smiths Station Junior High School	Smiths Station, AL	Lee County	Middle	910	60.1%
18	Beulah Elementary School	Valley, AL	Lee County	Elementary	696	58.8%
19	Fox Run School	Opelika, AL	Opelika City	Middle	392	56.6%
20	Sanford Middle School	Opelika, AL	Lee County	Middle	533	51.5%
21	West Forest Intermediate School	Opelika, AL	Opelika City	Elementary	393	50.9%
22	Opelika Middle School	Opelika, AL	Opelika City	Middle	812	49.3%
23	Beulah High School	Valley, AL	Lee County	High	535	43.4%
24	Auburn High School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	High	2,227	41.4%
25	Loachapoka Elementary School	Loachapoka, AL	Lee County	Elementary	332	40.4%
26	Opelika High School	Opelika, AL	Opelika City	High	1,590	29.4%
27	Loachapoka High School	Loachapoka, AL	Lee County	High	277	26.9%
28	Beauregard High School	Opelika, AL	Lee County	High	533	26.4%
29	Smiths Station High School	Smiths Station, AL	Lee County	High	1,588	25.2%

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