How Black students are performing in Alabama schools

In Alabama, 42.3% of Black students are proficient in reading at the typical school — against 60.0% of White students. Within Montgomery County alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 90 points. This tool helps you find the right one.

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40.8%

All students

30.9%

Black

36.4%

Hispanic

49.4%

White

72.7%

Asian

Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Alabama school. Groups are shown wherever Alabama reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

These figures come from ALSDE ACAP 2024–25, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–11. Across 0 districts, 1,031 Alabama schools report enough results to be included.

At the typical Alabama school the picture is black students at 30.9%, hispanic students at 36.4%, white students at 49.4% and asian students at 72.7%. That is a 41.8-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.

What the Alabama data shows

Landscape

Alabama schools earn an A for Black students

An A means 80% or more of Black students are proficient. Six schools clear it, led by Loveless Academic Magnet in Montgomery County at 89.5% and Forest Avenue Elementary at 88.4%. Another 18 reach 70%.

Disparity

89.5 pts

gap between the best and worst schools for Black students in Montgomery County

Loveless Academic Magnet reaches 89.5%. The Children's Center, in the same district, reports 0%. Across 47 schools in one county, a child's address decides which end they land on.

Statewide

schools where 60%+ of Black students are proficient

Princeton School in Birmingham City reaches 81.7%, and W. H. Council Traditional in Mobile County 86.3% — both in districts often written off. These schools are proof the ceiling is not fixed.

Where Black students are doing best in Alabama

These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

School	All	Black	Hispanic	White	Asian

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

Where Black students are struggling most

The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.

School	All	Black	Hispanic	White	Asian

Alabama districts

Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.

How these averages are calculated. The figures above average across Alabama schools, giving each school equal weight. They describe the typical school, not the state's tested population, and will differ from the headline figure ALSDE ACAP 2024–25 publishes — that one weights every student equally, so larger schools count for more. Use the state's own published figure when citing a statewide number.

How to read the school data. Alabama suppresses results for groups with too few students tested, marking them with an asterisk. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,031 of Alabama's schools have reportable data. This ranking reflects the 2024–25 ACAP administration. The Alabama State Department of Education publishes updated results annually. Rankings will be refreshed each year as new data becomes available. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Alabama's figures should not be compared directly against another state's.