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Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School	Level	Enrollment	S:T ratio	Free lunch
Hoover High School Hoover, AL	High	2,919	16.1:1	27.7%
Baker High School Mobile, AL	High	2,271	16.6:1	36.9%
Auburn High School Auburn, AL	High	2,227	20.8:1	24.5%
Enterprise High School Enterprise, AL	High	2,177	18.4:1	38%
James Clemens High School Madison, AL	High	2,159	18.1:1	18.8%
Thompson High School Alabaster, AL	High	2,060	16.3:1	43%
Bob Jones High School Madison, AL	High	2,048	18.8:1	20.6%
Mary G Montgomery High School Semmes, AL	High	1,888	17.3:1	46.8%
Virgil Grissom High School Huntsville, AL	High	1,847	19.6:1	41.3%
Prattville High School Prattville, AL	High	1,844	20:1	42.3%
Huntsville High School Huntsville, AL	High	1,807	18.3:1	26.8%
Sparkman High School Harvest, AL	High	1,770	19.5:1	32%
Oak Mountain High School Birmingham, AL	High	1,648	19.4:1	19.4%
Daphne High School Daphne, AL	High	1,639	18.2:1	33.9%
Vestavia Hills High School Vestavia Hills, AL	High	1,625	14.3:1	8.7%
Alma Bryant High School Irvington, AL	High	1,624	17.8:1	54.4%
Tuscaloosa County High School Northport, AL	High	1,607	17.9:1	50.5%
Opelika High School Opelika, AL	High	1,590	17.3:1	58.3%
Dothan High School Dothan, AL	High	1,588	20.1:1	64.4%
Smiths Station High School Smiths Station, AL	High	1,588	20.6:1	44.3%
Jefferson Davis High School Montgomery, AL	High	1,587	18.9:1	75.2%
Central High School Phenix City, AL	High	1,579	20:1	66.1%
Hewitttrussville High School Trussville, AL	High	1,571	16.7:1	13.6%
Carver Senior High School Montgomery, AL	High	1,553	32.4:1	82.9%
Fairhope High School Fairhope, AL	High	1,536	15.4:1	27.4%
Foley High School Foley, AL	High	1,520	17.7:1	68.1%
Auburn Junior High School Auburn, AL	Combined	1,491	25.3:1	31.9%
Spain Park High School Hoover, AL	High	1,472	14.9:1	24%
Wp Davidson High School Mobile, AL	High	1,470	17.5:1	55.4%
Hazel Green High School Hazel Green, AL	High	1,454	21.7:1	36.4%
Thompson Middle School Alabaster, AL	Middle	1,444	17.8:1	44.4%
Hillcrest High School Tuscaloosa, AL	High	1,434	20.2:1	56.3%
Robertsdale High School Robertsdale, AL	High	1,418	18.4:1	57.1%
Helena High School Helena, AL	High	1,383	18:1	24%
Claychalkville High School Pinson, AL	High	1,377	18.6:1	49.7%
Gadsden City High School Gadsden, AL	High	1,361	16.2:1	71.7%
Bernice J Causey Middle School Mobile, AL	Middle	1,339	18.9:1	46.9%
Paine Elementary School Trussville, AL	Combined	1,338	15.9:1	14.6%
Homewood High School Homewood, AL	High	1,333	12.7:1	24.7%
Buckhorn High School New Market, AL	High	1,320	19.7:1	29.2%
Lee High School Montgomery, AL	High	1,282	17.6:1	79.5%
Athens High School Athens, AL	High	1,278	19.1:1	45.7%
Mcadory High School Mccalla, AL	High	1,259	19.1:1	61.8%
Albertville High School Albertville, AL	High	1,244	14.6:1	68.8%
Oxford High School Oxford, AL	High	1,242	16.1:1	54.8%
Chelsea High School Chelsea, AL	High	1,235	16:1	20.4%
Gulf Shores Elementary School Gulf Shores, AL	Combined	1,230	19.8:1	39.4%
Wetumpka High School Wetumpka, AL	High	1,219	20.3:1	43.9%
Theodore High School Theodore, AL	High	1,218	18.5:1	54%
East Limestone High School Athens, AL	Combined	1,216	22.1:1	35.1%
Murphy High School Mobile, AL	High	1,212	15.5:1	61.5%
Geraldine School Geraldine, AL	Combined	1,211	17.6:1	55.1%
Hueytown High School Hueytown, AL	High	1,200	23.5:1	73.1%
Pell City High School Pell City, AL	High	1,193	19.6:1	50.6%
Robert F Bumpus Middle School Hoover, AL	Middle	1,192	15.9:1	19.1%
Semmes Middle School Semmes, AL	Middle	1,181	17.4:1	61.8%
Oak Mountain Middle School Birmingham, AL	Middle	1,168	20.9:1	20.3%
Plainview School Rainsville, AL	Combined	1,167	15.6:1	57.4%
Hewitttrussville Middle School Trussville, AL	Middle	1,163	18.8:1	14.8%
Northridge High School Tuscaloosa, AL	High	1,153	22.6:1	34.1%
Providence Elementary Huntsville, AL	Combined	1,152	24.5:1	48%
Saraland High School Saraland, AL	High	1,134	16.9:1	41.3%
Paul W Bryant High School Cottondale, AL	High	1,134	22.2:1	46%
Pizitz Middle School Vestavia, AL	Middle	1,131	15.5:1	9%
Stanhope Elmore High School Millbrook, AL	High	1,123	18.7:1	56.6%
Spanish Fort High School Spanish Fort, AL	High	1,115	16.9:1	20.5%
Fort Payne High School Fort Payne, AL	High	1,106	17.8:1	66.1%
Liberty Middle School Madison, AL	Middle	1,103	14.1:1	19.8%
Florence High School Florence, AL	High	1,101	18.7:1	33%
Meridianville Middle School Hazel Green, AL	Middle	1,100	32.4:1	39.8%
Midtown Elementary School Madison, AL	Combined	1,097	19.9:1	22.7%
Huffman High Schoolmagnet Birmingham, AL	Combined	1,094	18.2:1	63.6%
Shades Valley High School Irondale, AL	High	1,094	18.5:1	58.9%
Andalusia Elementary School Andalusia, AL	Combined	1,082	19.7:1	59.3%
Robertsdale Elementary School Robertsdale, AL	Combined	1,081	16.6:1	67.7%
Russell County High School Seale, AL	High	1,078	18.3:1	64.6%
Pelham High School Pelham, AL	High	1,076	16.6:1	36.1%
Gardendale High School Gardendale, AL	High	1,076	17.9:1	41.7%
Brookwood High School Brookwood, AL	High	1,076	18.9:1	50.5%
Millbrook Middle School Millbrook, AL	Elementary	1,071	17.3:1	68.4%
Belforest Elementary School Daphne, AL	Combined	1,069	18.1:1	26%
Phenix City Intermediate School Phenix City, AL	Middle	1,068	19.4:1	74%
Berry Middle School Hoover, AL	Middle	1,058	14.1:1	29.2%
Mattie T Blount High School Eight Mile, AL	High	1,058	18.2:1	83.2%
Discovery Middle School Madison, AL	Middle	1,054	13.2:1	22%
Daniel Pratt Elementary School Prattville, AL	Elementary	1,035	18.5:1	49.3%
Saraland Elementary School Saraland, AL	Elementary	1,034	19.9:1	43.6%
Elberta Elementary School Elberta, AL	Combined	1,034	20.3:1	49.3%
Dothan Preparatory Academy Dothan, AL	Middle	1,034	17.2:1	73.9%
Hartselle High School Hartselle, AL	High	1,027	15.1:1	29.9%
Pinson Valley High School Pinson, AL	High	1,025	18:1	72.2%
Florence B Mathis Elementary Foley, AL	Combined	1,023	17.9:1	68.2%
Foley Elementary School Foley, AL	Combined	1,022	14.6:1	71%
Calera High Calera, AL	High	1,018	18.5:1	50.3%
Troy Elementary School Troy, AL	Combined	1,018	21.7:1	64.8%
Cullman High School Cullman, AL	High	1,014	16.6:1	26.3%
Excel High School Excel, AL	Combined	1,010	19.1:1	62%
Mountain Brook Junior High School Mountain Brook, AL	Combined	1,005	12.3:1	2%
Homewood Middle School Homewood, AL	Middle	1,000	16.7:1	27.3%
Austin High School Decatur, AL	High	999	14.9:1	58.6%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25