Altoona, AL schools
Altoona’s public schools score well above Alabama’s averages: 52% of students are proficient in reading against 45.4% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend West End Elementary School through grade 6, then one of 13 schools and one of 13 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Altoona’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Altoona’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 76% of Alabama’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Alabama’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Alabama only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Alabama with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where Altoona kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Well above the state in reading
97% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Two districts serve Altoona
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Altoona
There’s no college in Altoona, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Snead State Community College in Boaz, 13.6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Altoona. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.
All 1 school in Altoona
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Altoona kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Altoona’s districts that are located in Remlap, Oneonta, Rainbow City, Blountsville, Hayden, Locust Fork, Cleveland, Sardis City, Gadsden, Walnut Grove and Glencoe. Which one depends on your address.