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The public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Alabama

307 public high schools in Alabama appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Career Academies of Decatur leads the list at 10.0:1, against a median of 17.2:1 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

307

Alabama

Best Students/teacher

10.0:1

Median Students/teacher

17.2:1

LOWEST RATIO · ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Career Academies of Decatur	Decatur, AL	Decatur City	High	269	10.0:1
2	Mountain Brook High School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	High	985	10.1:1
3	Cherokee High School	Cherokee, AL	Colbert County	High	206	10.3:1
4	Loachapoka High School	Loachapoka, AL	Lee County	High	277	10.7:1
5	Abbeville High School	Abbeville, AL	Henry County	High	266	11.1:1
6	McIntyre Comprehensive Academy	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	212	11.2:1
7	Vincent Middle High School	Vincent, AL	Shelby County	High	447	11.5:1
8	Homewood High School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	High	1,333	12.0:1
9	Beauregard High School	Opelika, AL	Lee County	High	533	12.1:1
10	Haleyville High School	Haleyville, AL	Haleyville City	High	464	13.0:1
11	Chickasaw City High School	Chickasaw, AL	Chickasaw City	High	241	13.0:1
12	Elba High School	Elba, AL	Elba City	High	224	13.2:1
13	Handley High School	Roanoke, AL	Roanoke City	High	366	13.3:1
14	Southside High School	Selma, AL	Dallas County	High	285	13.4:1
15	Greene County High School	Eutaw, AL	Greene County	High	250	13.5:1
16	New Century Technology High School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	High	366	13.6:1
17	Decatur High School	Decatur, AL	Decatur City	High	915	13.9:1
18	Montevallo High School	Montevallo, AL	Shelby County	High	485	13.9:1
19	Jackson High School	Jackson, AL	Clarke County	High	376	13.9:1
20	Vestavia Hills High School	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	High	1,625	13.9:1
21	Austin Junior High School	Decatur, AL	Decatur City	High	664	14.0:1
22	Andalusia High School	Andalusia, AL	Andalusia City	High	471	14.0:1
23	Dallas County High School	Plantersville, AL	Dallas County	High	334	14.0:1
24	Lanett Senior High School	Lanett, AL	Lanett City	High	260	14.1:1
25	Beulah High School	Valley, AL	Lee County	High	535	14.1:1
26	Shelby County High School	Columbiana, AL	Shelby County	High	572	14.1:1
27	Barbour County High School	Clayton, AL	Barbour County	High	297	14.1:1
28	Greensboro High School	Greensboro, AL	Hale County	High	276	14.2:1
29	Goshen High School	Goshen, AL	Pike County	High	356	14.2:1
30	Hartselle High School	Hartselle, AL	Hartselle City	High	1,027	14.4:1
31	Headland High School	Headland, AL	Henry County	High	442	14.5:1
32	Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	394	14.6:1
33	Colbert County High School	Leighton, AL	Colbert County	High	438	14.6:1
34	George Washington Carver High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	570	14.6:1
35	Baldwin Preparatory Academy	Loxley, AL	Baldwin County	High	528	14.7:1
36	Russellville High School	Russellville, AL	Russellville City	High	753	14.7:1
37	Etowah High School	Attalla, AL	Attalla City	High	453	14.7:1
38	Pelham High School	Pelham, AL	Pelham City	High	1,076	14.8:1
39	Arab High School	Arab, AL	Arab City	High	735	14.8:1
40	Deshler High School	Tuscumbia, AL	Tuscumbia City	High	488	14.8:1
41	Center Point High School	Center Point, AL	Jefferson County	High	685	14.9:1
42	Wellborn High School	Anniston, AL	Calhoun County	High	425	15.0:1
43	Guntersville High School	Guntersville, AL	Guntersville City	High	556	15.0:1
44	Saks High School	Anniston, AL	Calhoun County	High	419	15.0:1
45	Albert P Brewer High School	Somerville, AL	Morgan County	High	757	15.0:1
46	Spain Park High School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	High	1,472	15.0:1
47	Ben C Rain High School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	High	587	15.1:1
48	Orange Beach MiddleHigh School	Orange Beach, AL	Orange Beach City	High	662	15.1:1
49	Colbert Heights High School	Tuscumbia, AL	Colbert County	High	467	15.1:1
50	Sheffield High School	Sheffield, AL	Sheffield City	High	305	15.1:1

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