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The largest public high schools in Alabama

This ranking covers the largest public high schools in Alabama, drawn from 319 qualifying public high schools. Hoover High School leads the list at 2,919, against a median of 528 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

319

Alabama

Top Students

2,919

Median Students

528

LARGEST · ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Hoover High School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	High	2,919
2	Baker High School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	High	2,271
3	Auburn High School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	High	2,227
4	Enterprise High School	Enterprise, AL	Enterprise City	High	2,177
5	James Clemens High School	Madison, AL	Madison City	High	2,159
6	Thompson High School	Alabaster, AL	Alabaster City	High	2,060
7	Bob Jones High School	Madison, AL	Madison City	High	2,048
8	Mary G Montgomery High School	Semmes, AL	Mobile County	High	1,888
9	Virgil Grissom High School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	High	1,847
10	Prattville High School	Prattville, AL	Autauga County	High	1,844
11	Huntsville High School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	High	1,807
12	Sparkman High School	Harvest, AL	Madison County	High	1,770
13	Oak Mountain High School	Birmingham, AL	Shelby County	High	1,648
14	Daphne High School	Daphne, AL	Baldwin County	High	1,639
15	Vestavia Hills High School	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	High	1,625
16	Alma Bryant High School	Irvington, AL	Mobile County	High	1,624
17	Tuscaloosa County High School	Northport, AL	Tuscaloosa County	High	1,607
18	Opelika High School	Opelika, AL	Opelika City	High	1,590
19	Dothan High School	Dothan, AL	Dothan City	High	1,588
20	Smiths Station High School	Smiths Station, AL	Lee County	High	1,588
21	Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	1,587
22	Central High School	Phenix City, AL	Phenix City	High	1,579
23	HewittTrussville High School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	High	1,571
24	Carver Senior High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	1,553
25	Fairhope High School	Fairhope, AL	Baldwin County	High	1,536
26	Foley High School	Foley, AL	Baldwin County	High	1,520
27	Auburn Junior High School	Auburn, AL	Auburn City	High	1,491
28	Spain Park High School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	High	1,472
29	WP Davidson High School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	High	1,470
30	Hazel Green High School	Hazel Green, AL	Madison County	High	1,454
31	Hillcrest High School	Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa County	High	1,434
32	Robertsdale High School	Robertsdale, AL	Baldwin County	High	1,418
33	Helena High School	Helena, AL	Shelby County	High	1,383
34	ClayChalkville High School	Pinson, AL	Jefferson County	High	1,377
35	Gadsden City High School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	High	1,361
36	Homewood High School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	High	1,333
37	Buckhorn High School	New Market, AL	Madison County	High	1,320
38	Percy Julian High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	1,282
39	Athens High School	Athens, AL	Athens City	High	1,278
40	McAdory High School	McCalla, AL	Jefferson County	High	1,259
41	Albertville High School	Albertville, AL	Albertville City	High	1,244
42	Oxford High School	Oxford, AL	Oxford City	High	1,242
43	Chelsea High School	Chelsea, AL	Shelby County	High	1,235
44	Wetumpka High School	Wetumpka, AL	Elmore County	High	1,219
45	Theodore High School	Theodore, AL	Mobile County	High	1,218
46	East Limestone High School	Athens, AL	Limestone County	High	1,216
47	Murphy High School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	High	1,212
48	Hueytown High School	Hueytown, AL	Jefferson County	High	1,200
49	Pell City High School	Pell City, AL	Pell City	High	1,193
50	Northridge High School	Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa City	High	1,153

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