Alabama · NCES CCD 2024-25

Best Student-Teacher Ratios in Alabama

The 50 public schools in Alabama with the lowest student-teacher ratios, a staffing-intensity measure computed from NCES staffing data (not a direct class-size figure).

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

The ranking in one line

Oakman Middle School runs Alabama's smallest classes at 7.1:1, and 50 of the 50 schools listed sit below the state average of 17.7:1.

7.1:1
smallest classes (Oakman Middle School): 50
listed schools below the state average: 17.7:1
Alabama average: 15.7:1
national average

#	School	Enrollment	Level	District	Vs State Avg	Student:Teacher
1	Oakman Middle SchoolOakman	249	Other	Walker County	-60%	7.1:1
2	Augusta Evans SchoolMobile	198	Other	Mobile County	-59%	7.3:1
3	Chickasaw Middle SchoolChickasaw	143	Middle	Chickasaw City	-50%	8.9:1
4	Amelia L Johnson High SchoolThomaston	142	Other	Marengo County	-50%	8.9:1
5	Escambia County Middle SchoolAtmore	278	Elementary	Escambia County	-47%	9.3:1
6	Rehobeth Elementary SchoolRehobeth	590	Other	Houston County	-47%	9.4:1
7	Calloway Smith Middle SchoolMobile	315	Middle	Mobile County	-45%	9.8:1
8	Abbeville High SchoolAbbeville	266	Other	Henry County	-42%	10.2:1
9	Cherokee High SchoolCherokee	206	Other	Colbert County	-42%	10.3:1
10	Just 4 Development LaboratoryMobile	185	Other	Mobile County	-42%	10.3:1
11	Clark Elementary SchoolSelma	113	Other	Selma City	-42%	10.3:1
12	Mountain Brook High SchoolMountain Brook	985	High	Mountain Brook City	-41%	10.4:1
13	Kinterbish Junior High SchoolCuba	114	Other	Sumter County	-41%	10.4:1
14	Linden High SchoolLinden	126	High	Linden City	-41%	10.5:1
15	Chickasaw City Elementary SchoolChickasaw	331	Other	Chickasaw City	-40%	10.7:1
16	Elba High SchoolElba	224	Other	Elba City	-40%	10.7:1
17	Notasulga High SchoolNotasulga	258	Other	Macon County	-39%	10.8:1
18	Livingston Junior High SchoolLivingston	216	Other	Sumter County	-39%	10.8:1
19	William E Burkett Multihandicapped CenterMorris	192	Other	Jefferson County	-36%	11.3:1
20	Wilcox Central High SchoolCamden	340	High	Wilcox County	-34%	11.7:1
21	Mcintyre Comprehensive AcademyMontgomery	212	Other	Montgomery County	-33%	11.8:1
22	Cherokee Elementary SchoolCherokee	226	Other	Colbert County	-33%	11.9:1
23	J F Shields High SchoolBeatrice	179	Other	Monroe County	-33%	11.9:1
24	Crestline Elementary SchoolMountain Brook	743	Other	Mountain Brook City	-32%	12:1
25	Mountain Brook Elementary SchoolMountain Brook	551	Other	Mountain Brook City	-32%	12:1
26	Loachapoka High SchoolLoachapoka	277	Other	Lee County	-32%	12:1
27	Opelika Middle SchoolOpelika	812	Middle	Opelika City	-32%	12.1:1
28	Vincent Middle High SchoolVincent	447	Other	Shelby County	-32%	12.1:1
29	Lafayette High SchoolLafayette	182	High	Chambers County	-32%	12.1:1
30	Fleeta SchoolOpp	170	Other	Covington County	-32%	12.1:1
31	Vina High SchoolVina	257	Other	Franklin County	-31%	12.2:1
32	Mountain Brook Junior High SchoolMountain Brook	1,005	Other	Mountain Brook City	-31%	12.3:1
33	Brookwood Forest Elementary SchoolMountain Brook	579	Other	Mountain Brook City	-31%	12.3:1
34	Camden School of Arts TechnologyCamden	148	Middle	Wilcox County	-31%	12.3:1
35	Dc Wolfe SchoolShorter	111	Other	Macon County	-31%	12.3:1
36	Gwin Elementary SchoolHoover	508	Other	Hoover City	-30%	12.4:1
37	Marengo High SchoolDixons Mills	223	Other	Marengo County	-30%	12.4:1
38	Raymond L Young Elementary SchoolTalladega	174	Other	Talladega City	-30%	12.4:1
39	Francis Marion SchoolMarion	413	Other	Perry County	-29%	12.5:1
40	Central High SchoolHayneville	175	High	Lowndes County	-29%	12.5:1
41	Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolHoover	860	Middle	Hoover City	-29%	12.6:1
42	Double Springs Middle SchoolDouble Springs	176	Elementary	Winston County	-29%	12.6:1
43	Homewood High SchoolHomewood	1,333	High	Homewood City	-28%	12.7:1
44	Beauregard High SchoolOpelika	533	High	Lee County	-28%	12.7:1
45	Demopolis Middle SchoolDemopolis	394	Middle	Demopolis City	-28%	12.7:1
46	Thomasville High SchoolThomasville	305	High	Thomasville City	-28%	12.7:1
47	Sheffield Junior High SchoolSheffield	127	Middle	Sheffield City	-28%	12.7:1
48	Jacksonsteele Elementary SchoolHayneville	114	Other	Lowndes County	-28%	12.7:1
49	Riverchase Elementary SchoolHoover	562	Other	Hoover City	-28%	12.8:1
50	Ce Hanna SchoolHobson City	536	Elementary	Oxford City	-28%	12.8:1

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024-25 school year. Schools with enrollment under 100 are excluded.

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