Schools · Montgomery
Montgomery, AL schools
Montgomery’s public schools score well below Alabama’s averages: 31% of students are proficient in reading against 45.4% statewide, and 81% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend one of 25 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 25 elementary schools, one of 8 middle schools and one of 7 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Montgomery’s School Grade: D
The public schools Montgomery’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 89% of Alabama’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresD-Graduation
Alabama school districts we grade (143)Better than 11%
Lower resultsHigher results
Alabama towns with similar household incomes (260)Better than 6%
High confidence. Built on 10,642 tested students and a graduating class of 1,995; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
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.
School path
Where Montgomery kids go to school
Grades PK–5
25 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Montgomery County School DistrictGrades 5
25 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Montgomery County School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Montgomery County)31%
State average 45.4%
Math (grades PK–12, Montgomery County)9%
State average 22%
Graduation · class of 2020
81% graduate on time
Graduation rate
81%
AL: 90.6%
Graduating class
1,995
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #189 of 193 AL towns →
Districts
The district serving Montgomery
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 66 schools in Montgomery
Showing 1–30 of 66 schools
Dalraida Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 711 students
CPublicHalcyon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 694 students
CPublicBrewbaker Primary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 651 students
PublicForest Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 617 students
A+PublicLIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational InstituteElementary · Grades K–7 · 599 students
CharterGarrett Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 592 students
C-PublicDannelly Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 588 students
DPublicCrump Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 575 students
DPublicBrewbaker Intermediate SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 549 students
DPublicDavis Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 533 students
DCharterBear Exploration CenterElementary · Grades K–5 · 507 students
APublicChisholm Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 493 students
DPublicNixon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 476 students
D-CharterVaughn Road Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 473 students
C-PublicHighland Gardens Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 468 students
DPublicHighland Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 453 students
DPublicMorningview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 434 students
DPublicDozier Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 426 students
DPublicMorris Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 414 students
DPublicSouthlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 395 students
D-PublicFlowers Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 387 students
C-PublicMacMillan International at McKeeElementary · Grades K–5 · 386 students
A-PublicFitzpatrick Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 385 students
DPublicWilson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 376 students
B-PublicCarver Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 374 students
B-PublicWares Ferry Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 361 students
DPublicBlount Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 359 students
A-PublicLEAD Academy Building AElementary · Grades PK–3 · 358 students
C-CharterJohnson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 340 students
DPublicKing ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 293 students
CPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.