Enter your email for weekly updates about Alabama schools from Trisha Powell Crain:, and of the 139 school districts and six charter schools that received grades, 24 earned an ‘A.’
Seventeen of those were repeat performers from the 2018-19 school year, but five earned their first ‘A’ ever this year. The 24 ‘A’ districts have a few things in common beyond scoring higher than the state in most every category. They are all city school districts, meaning they are generally smaller in size and population and have more resources than county schools, and none have earned lower than a ‘B’ since letter-grading began in 2017.Three districts -- Piedmont City, Fort Payne City and Dale County -- had more than half of their students in poverty, higher than the state’s overall 48% poverty rate.
Here’s more information about Alabama’s ‘A’ districts, their schools and their report cards, from highest ‘A’ to lowest ‘A.’ Where districts had the same total points, the order in which they’re listed is by highest graduation rate :0.3% student poverty levelVestavia Hills City - ranked #2 - 96 points - Graduation rate - 96.1%Trussville City - ranked #3 - 95 points - Graduation rate 97.
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Alabama needs to seriously do better. Focus on actual education rather than just passing tests in certain areas.
Amazing that a system can get A grade. With subject proficiencies of less than 50%.
I certainly think this is wonderful, but help me understand our standards if a school graduates near or at 100% of their students with subject proficiencies below 75%