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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Alabama

260 public middle schools in 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 56.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

260

Alabama

Top % Proficient (Reading)

98.5%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

56.2%

BEST IN READING · ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School	Pleasant Grove, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	345	98.5%
2	Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Middle	311	95.1%
3	Phillips Preparatory Middle School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Middle	453	91.7%
4	Pizitz Middle School	Vestavia, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Middle	1,131	91.5%
5	Tuscaloosa Magnet School Middle	Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa City	Middle	173	91.2%
6	Hampton Cove Middle School	Hampton Cove, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	785	88.8%
7	Mountain Brook Junior High School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Middle	1,005	87.3%
8	Liberty Park Middle School	Vestavia, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Middle	514	86.2%
9	Hartselle Intermediate School	Hartselle, AL	Hartselle City	Middle	522	85.4%
10	Robert F Bumpus Middle School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Middle	1,192	85.3%
11	Priceville Junior High School	Decatur, AL	Morgan County	Middle	483	84.7%
12	Denton Magnet School of Technology	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Middle	334	84.6%
13	Straughn Middle School	Andalusia, AL	Covington County	Middle	287	84.1%
14	ClarkShaw Magnet School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Middle	582	83.6%
15	Berry Middle School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Middle	1,058	82.8%
16	Saraland Middle SchoolAdams Campus	Saraland, AL	Saraland City	Middle	789	82.6%
17	Homewood Middle School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Middle	1,000	82.1%
18	Baldwin Art And Academics Magnet	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	Middle	478	81.5%
19	Spanish Fort Middle School	Spanish Fort, AL	Baldwin County	Middle	649	80.5%
20	Dauphin Junior High School	Enterprise, AL	Enterprise City	Middle	481	79.5%
21	Rehobeth Elementary School	Rehobeth, AL	Houston County	Middle	590	79.3%
22	Cullman Middle School	Cullman, AL	Cullman City	Middle	491	79.0%
23	Arab Junior High School	Arab, AL	Arab City	Middle	563	77.9%
24	Drake Middle School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	Middle	720	77.9%
25	Winfield Middle School	Winfield, AL	Winfield City	Middle	361	77.9%
26	Riverton Intermediate School	Huntsville, AL	Madison County	Middle	872	77.7%
27	Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	194	77.6%
28	Pike Road Intermediate School	Pike Road, AL	Pike Road City	Middle	652	77.5%
29	Oak Mountain Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Shelby County	Middle	1,168	77.5%
30	Liberty Middle School	Madison, AL	Madison City	Middle	1,103	77.4%
31	HewittTrussville Middle School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Middle	1,163	77.3%
32	Fairhope Middle School	Fairhope, AL	Baldwin County	Middle	775	77.3%
33	Gulf Shores Middle School	Gulf Shores, AL	Gulf Shores City	Middle	591	76.6%
34	East Samford School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	Middle	733	76.4%
35	Northport Intermediate School	Northport, AL	Tuscaloosa County	Middle	500	76.3%
36	Hartselle Junior High School	Hartselle, AL	Hartselle City	Middle	553	76.2%
37	Oneonta Middle School	Oneonta, AL	Oneonta City	Middle	316	76.2%
38	Ira F Simmons Middle School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Middle	860	75.9%
39	W J Carroll Intermediate School	Daphne, AL	Baldwin County	Middle	414	75.9%
40	Muscle Shoals Middle School	Muscle Shoals, AL	Muscle Shoals City	Middle	642	75.7%
41	Discovery Middle School	Madison, AL	Madison City	Middle	1,054	75.6%
42	Pike Road Jr High School	Pike Road, AL	Pike Road City	Middle	449	75.6%
43	Piedmont Middle School	Piedmont, AL	Piedmont City	Middle	223	75.6%
44	Prattville Intermediate School	Prattville, AL	Autauga County	Middle	518	75.0%
45	Mountain Gap Middle School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	366	74.4%
46	Challenger Middle School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	425	74.4%
47	Elberta Middle School	Elberta, AL	Baldwin County	Middle	276	74.1%
48	Chelsea Middle School	Chelsea, AL	Shelby County	Middle	831	73.7%
49	Geneva Middle School	Geneva, AL	Geneva City	Middle	298	73.6%
50	Dunbar Creative Performing Arts	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Middle	338	73.1%

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