Which Alabama public schools have the most resources?

Mount Hope in Mt Hope scored 68 of 100 on the PlainSchools resource index, the highest of Alabama's schools with 100 or more students that report all four of its factors.

How is the resource index calculated?

It averages up to four factors, each scored 0 to 100: students per teacher (2024-25; 0 at 25 or more), students per counselor (CRDC 2021-22; 0 at 500 or more), a gifted program (CRDC 2021-22; 70 if offered, 30 if not) and chronic absenteeism (EDFacts 2022-23; 0 at 40% or more). It measures resources, not test scores or teaching quality.

Alabama public schools by resource index

Mount Hope in Mt Hope scored highest of Alabama's public schools with 100 or more students on the resource index, 68 of 100: 13.0 students per teacher, 103 students per counselor and 9.8% chronically absent. The index averages staffing, counseling, gifted programs and attendance; it measures resources, not how well students learn.

Resource index 2024-25 × 2021-22 · schools open in 2024-25 with 100+ students and all 4 factors reported; online, alternative, special-education, pre-K-only and correctional programs left out · method

The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.

The 50 highest scores, with each factor

School	Per teacher	Per counselor	Gifted	Chronically absent	Index
Mount Hope	13.0	103	Yes	9.8%	68
New Bethel Elementary School	15.0	144	Yes	7.4%	66
Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School	13.8	261	Yes	2.5%	64
Princeton School	13.0	216	Yes	7.9%	64
Liberty Park Middle School	12.4	262	Yes	6.8%	63
Tuscaloosa Magnet School Middle	16.5	166	Yes	7.1%	63
Escambia County Middle School	17.4	188	Yes	6.0%	62
EPIC Alternative Elementary School	12.9	299	Yes	4.5%	62
Marengo High School	13.1	245	Yes	8.1%	62
Tuscaloosa Magnet School Elementary	15.1	280	Yes	3.7%	61
Vestavia Hills High School	13.9	223	Yes	12.0%	60
Eastwood Elementary School	15.3	196	Yes	12.3%	60
Vestavia Hills High School Freshman Campus	17.7	264	Yes	4.6%	59
Leroy High School	18.5	235	Yes	5.4%	59
Hatton Elementary School	13.3	214	Yes	15.3%	59

The other 35 on the list

School	Per teacher	Per counselor	Gifted	Chronically absent	Index
Reform Elementary School	15.5	194	Yes	13.4%	59
Crestline Elementary School	12.2	383	Yes	4.6%	58
Westwood Elementary School	13.7	304	Yes	9.4%	58
Gaston Elementary School	15.9	242	Yes	10.3%	58
Camden School Of Arts Technology	14.8	175	Yes	17.5%	58
Ramsay High School	16.6	345	Yes	3.2%	57
Loachapoka Elementary School	13.3	253	Yes	15.9%	57
Notasulga High School	12.0	153	Yes	25.2%	57
Walter Jackson Elementary School	14.9	245	Yes	13.1%	57
Hazlewood Elementary School	17.0	183	Yes	15.6%	57
Buhl Elementary School	13.6	217	Yes	17.0%	57
Thurgood Marshall Middle School	22.3	198	Yes	5.5%	57
Homewood Middle School	14.5	328	Yes	9.2%	56
George Washington Carver High School	14.6	219	Yes	17.9%	56
Kinston School	16.6	266	Yes	10.0%	56
Haleyville High School	13.0	249	Yes	18.2%	56
Magnolia Elementary School	13.5	383	Yes	6.5%	56
Old Shell Road Magnet School	14.9	368	Yes	5.2%	56
Mount Olive Intermediate School	20.3	201	Yes	9.1%	56
Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary School	17.2	315	Yes	5.3%	56
Brindlee Mountain Elementary School	21.2	201	Yes	8.5%	56
Pickens County High School	17.5	291	Yes	6.8%	56
Cold Springs High School	17.6	237	Yes	10.9%	56
Vinemont Middle School	17.3	266	Yes	9.3%	56
Fort Deposit Elementary School	15.5	195	Yes	18.0%	56
Double Springs Middle School	14.4	242	Yes	16.0%	56
Ruhuma Junior High School	14.8	300	Yes	10.9%	56
DC Wolfe School	11.1	127	Yes	29.8%	56
Hartselle High School	14.4	268	Yes	15.6%	55
Mountain Brook High School	10.1	247	No	8.3%	55
Oxford Elementary School	12.8	344	Yes	12.7%	55
Hartselle Junior High School	15.0	273	Yes	14.2%	55
Pike Road Jr High School	16.8	311	Yes	7.5%	55
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School	17.7	300	Yes	7.8%	55
Dixie Elementary School	16.2	230	Yes	15.5%	55

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 (students per teacher); CRDC 2021-22 (counselors on CRDC enrollment, gifted program); EDFacts 2022-23 (chronic absenteeism). Index: the mean of the factors reported, each 0 to 100.

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Questions about the resource index

Which Alabama public schools have the most resources?
Mount Hope in Mt Hope scored 68 of 100 on the PlainSchools resource index, the highest of Alabama's schools with 100 or more students that report all four of its factors.
How is the resource index calculated?
It averages up to four factors, each scored 0 to 100: students per teacher (2024-25; 0 at 25 or more), students per counselor (CRDC 2021-22; 0 at 500 or more), a gifted program (CRDC 2021-22; 70 if offered, 30 if not) and chronic absenteeism (EDFacts 2022-23; 0 at 40% or more). It measures resources, not test scores or teaching quality.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School membership and staff · 2024-25

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection Counselors and gifted programs · 2021-22

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