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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Alabama

305 public high schools in Alabama appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School leads the list at 98.8%, against a median of 30.6% 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

305

Alabama

Top % Proficient (Reading)

98.8%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

30.6%

BEST IN READING · ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	394	98.8%
2	New Century Technology High School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	High	366	74.1%
3	Auburn Junior High School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	High	1,491	72.2%
4	Fairhope High School	Fairhope, AL	Baldwin County	High	1,536	72.2%
5	Mountain Brook High School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	High	985	71.8%
6	Vestavia Hills High School	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	High	1,625	71.2%
7	Wicksburg High School	Newton, AL	Houston County	High	461	69.3%
8	HewittTrussville High School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	High	1,571	69.2%
9	Ramsay High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	762	69.0%
10	Booker T Washington Magnet High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	492	68.8%
11	George W Long High School	Skipperville, AL	Dale County	High	377	67.4%
12	Orange Beach MiddleHigh School	Orange Beach, AL	Orange Beach City	High	662	67.0%
13	Homewood High School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	High	1,333	64.9%
14	Winfield High School	Winfield, AL	Winfield City	High	344	64.0%
15	Jacksonville High School	Jacksonville, AL	Jacksonville City	High	756	63.7%
16	Lexington High School	Lexington, AL	Lauderdale County	High	379	63.6%
17	Spanish Fort High School	Spanish Fort, AL	Baldwin County	High	1,115	63.1%
18	New Hope High School	New Hope, AL	Madison County	High	598	62.2%
19	Brooks High School	Killen, AL	Lauderdale County	High	729	60.6%
20	Satsuma High School	Satsuma, AL	Satsuma City	High	729	59.9%
21	TR Miller High School	Brewton, AL	Brewton City	High	373	59.5%
22	Lauderdale County High School	Rogersville, AL	Lauderdale County	High	542	58.3%
23	Daphne High School	Daphne, AL	Baldwin County	High	1,639	57.2%
24	Meek High School	Arley, AL	Winston County	High	286	57.1%
25	Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy	Mobile, AL	Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts	High	235	56.4%
26	Elmore County High School	Eclectic, AL	Elmore County	High	494	56.1%
27	Hackleburg High School	Hackleburg, AL	Marion County	High	265	56.1%
28	Buckhorn High School	New Market, AL	Madison County	High	1,320	55.5%
29	University Charter School Secondary	Livingston, AL	University Charter School	High	309	55.4%
30	Central High School	Florence, AL	Lauderdale County	High	596	55.2%
31	Magic City Acceptance Academy	Birmingham, AL	Magic City Acceptance Academy	High	345	55.1%
32	East Limestone High School	Athens, AL	Limestone County	High	1,216	54.6%
33	Straughn High School	Andalusia, AL	Covington County	High	433	54.4%
34	Red Bay High School	Red Bay, AL	Franklin County	High	322	54.3%
35	Ranburne High School	Ranburne, AL	Cleburne County	High	526	54.2%
36	Ohatchee High School	Ohatchee, AL	Calhoun County	High	391	53.9%
37	Gulf Shores High School	Gulf Shores, AL	Gulf Shores City	High	927	53.6%
38	Woodland High School	Woodland, AL	Randolph County	High	278	53.5%
39	Cleveland High School	Cleveland, AL	Blount County	High	389	53.2%
40	Washington County High School	Chatom, AL	Washington County	High	395	52.6%
41	West Limestone High School	Lester, AL	Limestone County	High	736	52.4%
42	Marion County High School	Guin, AL	Marion County	High	223	52.3%
43	Jasper High School	Jasper, AL	Jasper City	High	850	52.0%
44	Pleasant Valley High School	Jacksonville, AL	Calhoun County	High	393	51.9%
45	Chelsea High School	Chelsea, AL	Shelby County	High	1,235	51.8%
46	Winston County High School	Double Springs, AL	Winston County	High	285	51.4%
47	Colbert Heights High School	Tuscumbia, AL	Colbert County	High	467	51.2%
48	James Clemens High School	Madison, AL	Madison City	High	2,159	51.0%
49	Madison County High School	Gurley, AL	Madison County	High	451	51.0%
50	Vincent Middle High School	Vincent, AL	Shelby County	High	447	51.0%

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