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The highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Alabama

626 public elementary schools in Alabama appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public elementary schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Forest Avenue Elementary School leads the list at 99.3%, against a median of 63.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

626

Alabama

Top % Proficient (Reading)

99.3%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

63.5%

BEST IN READING · ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Forest Avenue Elementary School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	Elementary	617	99.3%
2	W H Council Traditional School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	577	98.0%
3	EicholdMertz School of Math and Science	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	504	97.8%
4	Crestline Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	743	96.7%
5	Barkley Bridge Elementary School	Hartselle, AL	Hartselle City	Elementary	419	95.9%
6	Cherokee Bend Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	562	95.2%
7	Mountain Brook Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	551	95.1%
8	Mt Laurel Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Shelby County	Elementary	498	95.1%
9	Old Shell Road Magnet School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	369	94.5%
10	Bear Exploration Center	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	Elementary	507	94.5%
11	MacMillan International at McKee	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	Elementary	386	94.0%
12	Tuscaloosa Magnet School Elementary	Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa City	Elementary	324	93.9%
13	Greystone Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	438	93.8%
14	Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty Park	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	546	93.7%
15	Edgewood Elementary School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Elementary	935	93.1%
16	Vestavia Hills Elementary East	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	771	92.9%
17	Carver School of Mathematics Science and Technology	Dothan, AL	Dothan City	Elementary	429	92.6%
18	Kilby Laboratory School	Florence, AL	Florence City	Elementary	187	92.6%
19	Hampton Cove Elementary	Hampton Cove, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	711	92.0%
20	Brookwood Forest Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	579	91.5%
21	Princeton School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	195	91.4%
22	Cahaba Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Elementary	542	90.8%
23	Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary School	Decatur, AL	Decatur City	Elementary	297	90.8%
24	Vestavia Hills Elementary West	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	691	90.5%
25	Bluff Park Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	658	90.3%
26	Magnolia Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Elementary	391	90.3%
27	East Elementary School	Cullman, AL	Cullman City	Elementary	466	90.2%
28	Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	451	89.9%
29	Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	657	89.7%
30	Shades Cahaba Elementary School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Elementary	507	89.6%
31	Saraland Elementary School	Saraland, AL	Saraland City	Elementary	1,034	89.4%
32	Heritage Elementary School	Madison, AL	Madison City	Elementary	869	88.9%
33	Rockwell Elementary School	Spanish Fort, AL	Baldwin County	Elementary	682	88.6%
34	FE Burleson Elementary School	Hartselle, AL	Hartselle City	Elementary	452	88.2%
35	Oak Mountain Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Shelby County	Elementary	675	88.2%
36	Brocks Gap Intermediate School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	521	87.9%
37	Guin Elementary School	Guin, AL	Marion County	Elementary	308	87.7%
38	Rock Quarry Elementary School	Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa City	Elementary	671	87.6%
39	Eura Brown Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	340	87.2%
40	Monte Sano Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	263	87.2%
41	Deer Valley Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	735	87.1%
42	Orange Beach Elementary School	Orange Beach, AL	Orange Beach City	Elementary	600	87.1%
43	Fairhope West Elementary	Fairhope, AL	Baldwin County	Elementary	972	86.7%
44	Paine Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Elementary	1,338	86.6%
45	Mountain Gap Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	341	86.0%
46	Horizon Elementary School	Madison, AL	Madison City	Elementary	567	85.4%
47	Spanish Fort Elementary School	Spanish Fort, AL	Baldwin County	Elementary	726	85.2%
48	EPIC Alternative Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	232	85.2%
49	Oak Mountain Intermediate School	Birmingham, AL	Shelby County	Elementary	636	85.2%
50	Arab Elementary School	Arab, AL	Arab City	Elementary	599	85.1%

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