Alabama Public Schools

Alabama is the #23 largest school system in the United States, serving 732,895 students across 1,604 public schools. There are 28 Blue Ribbon Schools, 30 magnet schools, and 33 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(AL) School Average
% American Indian		 1%
% Asian		 1%
% Hispanic		 4%
% Black		 35%
% White		 58%
Unknown		 1%

Alabama Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Autauga County 8 6 8
2. Baldwin County 10 13 25
3. Barbour County 4 4 7
4. Bibb County 3 3 4
5. Blount County 10 4 11
6. Bullock County 2 1 2
7. Butler County 4 3 4
8. Calhoun County 17 10 21
9. Chambers County 5 3 8
10. Cherokee County 6 5 5
11. Chilton County 7 6 7
12. Choctaw County 3 - 2
13. Clarke County 4 4 5
14. Clay County 2 - 2
15. Cleburne County 3 2 5
16. Coffee County 8 5 13
17. Colbert County 10 6 15
18. Conecuh County 2 2 4
19. Coosa County 2 1 1
20. Covington County 6 5 8
21. Crenshaw County 4 3 3
22. Cullman County 13 11 19
23. Dale County 8 4 11
24. Dallas County 8 6 18
25. De Kalb County 12 11 16
26. Elmore County 8 5 10
27. Escambia County 7 5 9
28. Etowah County 16 15 26
29. Fayette County 4 2 4
30. Franklin County 9 5 9
31. Geneva County 4 4 4
32. Greene County 2 1 2
33. Hale County 4 2 3
34. Henry County 5 4 5
35. Houston County 10 8 17
36. Jackson County 10 11 18
37. Jefferson County 64 57 120
38. Lamar County 4 3 4
39. Lauderdale County 13 12 17
40. Lawrence County 6 2 5
41. Lee County 11 9 22
42. Limestone County 8 8 15
43. Lowndes County 4 3 4
44. Macon County 3 4 4
45. Madison County 22 23 57
46. Marengo County 8 7 9
47. Marion County 7 4 7
48. Marshall County 10 11 17
49. Mobile County 29 30 72
50. Monroe County 6 4 6
51. Montgomery County 19 19 43
52. Morgan County 14 11 29
53. Perry County 2 - 2
54. Pickens County 5 2 5
55. Pike County 6 3 6
56. Randolph County 6 4 5
57. Russell County 3 4 14
58. Saint Clair County 9 10 14
59. Shelby County 14 17 23
60. Sumter County 3 - 4
61. Talladega County 17 10 20
62. Tallapoosa County 6 6 7
63. Tuscaloosa County 15 18 33
64. Walker County 12 7 18
65. Washington County 6 5 7
66. Wilcox County 3 3 6
67. Winston County 7 2 5

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