Birmingham Area School Systems Dominate Niche Top 10

BIRMINGHAM, AL - Niche has ranked Alabama’s best school districts for 2019 and the four out the top five school districts in the state are located within the Birmingham metro area.

The rankings were released this week by Niche as part of its 2019 K-12 rankings. Niche ranked a total of 138 school districts in Alabama.

Mountain Brook topped the list in Alabama, followed by Madison City Schools, Homewood City Schools, Hoover City Schools and Vestavia Hills City Schools.

Here are the school districts in Alabama that received a minimum Niche grade of B:

• Mountain Brook City Schools
• Madison City Schools
• Homewood City Schools
• Hoover City Schools
• Vestavia Hills City Schools
• Auburn City Schools
• Muscle Shoals City Schools
• Hartselle City Schools
• Florence City Schools
• Cullman City Schools
• Trussville City Schools
• Oxford City Schools
• Enterprise City Schools
• Saraland City Schools
• Alabaster City Schools
• Winfield City Schools
• Athens City Schools
• Arab City Schools
• Brewton City Schools
• Pelham City Schools
• Piedmont City Schools
• Shelby County Schools
• Sylacauga City Schools
• Oneonta City Schools
• Fort Payne City Schools
• Decatur City Schools
• Jacksonville City Schools
• Albertville City Schools
• Madison County Schools
• Satsuma School System
• Opp City Schools
• Covington County Schools
• Opelika City Schools
• Russellville City Schools
• Marion County Schools
• Thomasville City Schools
• Huntsville City Schools
• Guntersville City Schools
• Roanoke City Schools
• Demopolis City Schools
• Lauderdale County Schools
• Jasper City Schools
• Marengo County Schools
• Pell City Schools

According to Niche, the Jericho Union Free School District in Jericho, New York, is the best school district in the country overall. With an overall Niche grade of A+, the district received a grade of A+ in academics, teachers, clubs and activities, college prep and health and safety. In the category of diversity, Niche awarded the school district a B+.

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To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

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