Steele’s public schools beat 60% of Alabama districts
The public schools Steele’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Alabama’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
Steele’s schools, in brief
Steele’s schools are very small
All of Steele’s public school students add up to 141 children, with about 15 per teacher. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. Every school ↓
Math sits right at the state average
Reading proficiency is 52%, 7 points above the state. Math is 21%, 1 point below the state. Reading is the stronger subject here. Test scores ↓
Average results for less money
Steele spends 19% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Classes aren’t bigger for it: each teacher has about 15 students, compared with 17 statewide. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With five middle and five high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Steele Elementary School. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Steele compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Alabama’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Alabama only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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 will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Steele.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well above the state in reading
Every school in Steele
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Steele families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Steele
There’s no college in Steele, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is Gadsden State Community College in Gadsden, 12.1 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Steele. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Alabama. Stars are from neighbors.