By: Anna Beahm
January 25, 2018
The new list of “failing” Alabama public schools was released on Wednesday. 75 of Alabama’s 1325 schools landed on the list due to a poor showing on the state’s standardized test in the spring of 2017.
The list shows schools whose spring 2017 test results in math and reading on the ACT Aspire are in the lowest 6 percent of all schools in Alabama.
Here’s a look at 24 of the schools that were added to the list this year. Eleven of these schools have been on the failing list before but were not on the failing list last year. Thirteen of these schools have never been on the failing list until this year.
Bessemer City Schools
Grades Pre-K – 5
Enrollment: 320
100 percent students in poverty
Years on the failing list? 2
Birmingham City Schools
Grades K – 5
Enrollment: 408
100 percent of students in poverty
Years on the failing list? 1
Montgomery County Schools
Grades Pre-K – 5
Enrollment: 404
93 percent of students in district in poverty
Years on the failing list? 2
Montgomery County Schools
Grades K – 5
Enrollment: 463
93 percent of students in district in poverty
Years on the failing list? 1
Birmingham City Schools
Grades Pre-K – 8
Enrollment: 700
100 percent of students in poverty
Years on the failing list? 1
Huntsville City Schools
Grades 9 – 12
Enrollment: 827
90 percent of students in poverty
Years on the failing list? 1
Mobile County Schools
Grades 6 – 8
Enrollment: 233
87 percent of students in poverty
Years on the failing list? 5
Macon County Schools
Grades K – 12
Enrollment: 281
100 percent of students in poverty
Years on the failing list? 5
Midfield City Schools
Grades 5-8
Enrollment: 332
100 percent of students in poverty
Years on the failing list? 2
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