Best Schools: How Mountain Brook Ranked In 2022 Niche List

Mountain Brook AL

21 September, 2021

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MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL — The latest school rankings released by the data analysis company Niche offer a look at how K-12 schools in Alabama compare with each other. Mountain Brook Schools ranked as the third best school system in the state. Niche, which released its eighth annual version of the rankings on Monday, looks at a variety of criteria in determining a grade for both public and private K-12 schools in Alabama, including academics, teachers and diversity. Here are how the school systems in Alabama fared in the rankings: Homewood City SchoolsMadison City SchoolsMountain Brook City SchoolsVestavia Hills City SchoolsHoover City SchoolsAuburn City SchoolsTrussville City SchoolsHartselle City SchoolsSaraland City SchoolsMuscle Shoals City Schools Individually, schools in Mountain Brook also ranked highly in the Niche rankings. Mountain Brook High School: No. 2 in Best Public Schools in AlabamaMountain Brook Junior High: No. 7 in Best Public Middle Schools in AlabamaMountain Brook Elementary: No. 23 in Best Public Elementary Schools in AlabamaBrookwood Forest Elementary: No. 28 in Best Public Elementary Schools in AlabamaCherokee Bend School: No. 29 in Best Public Elementary Schools in AlabamaCrestline Elementary School: No. 33 in Best Public Elementary Schools in Alabama Niche said its 2022 best schools rankings offer a more "personal" view of schools than its rankings in recent years. Significantly less importance was placed on SAT and ACT scores this year, Niche said. Any factor in its methodology that is related to test scores was reduced by one third. The company combined ratings from students, alumni and parents with quantitative data from the U.S. Department of Education and other sources to evaluate teachers, resources, facility, extracurricular activity opportunities and other factors. Read more about the methodology here. Across the country, Niche ranked 94,491 public schools, 2,489 private schools and 11,846 school districts to come up with its lists and rankings. Top 5 Public High Schools: The Davidson Academy in Reno, Nevada The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Massachusetts Academy for Math & Science School Maggie Walker Governor's School in Virginia Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Virginia Top 5 Private High Schools: Phillips Academy in Massachusetts The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut The College Preparatory School in California Groton School in Massachusetts Top 5 School Districts: Adlai E. Stevenson High School District in Illinois Glenbrook High School District in Illinois Great Neck Public Schools in New York Community High School District 128 in Illinois Jericho Union Free School District in New York See the full Niche rankings here