Mountain Brook Schools Among Best For Grades K-8: U.S. News

MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL — All four elementary schools and the junior high in Mountain Brook have been ranked among the best in Alabama, according to a brand-new ranking released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

For the inaugural list, U.S. News published rankings and data on more than 80,000 public elementary and middle schools across the United States.

Schools are ranked at the state and district levels. The best charter schools and best magnet schools ranked as stand-alone categories.

U.S. News ranked Crestline Elementary as the highest in the state among schools in Mountain Brook, according to the new list. Crestline was ranked seventh. Among middle schools in the state, Mountain Brook Junior High School ranked eighth.

Here’s a look at how other schools in Mountain Brook ranked compared with others in the state:

7th: Crestline Elementary School
16th: Cherokee Bend School
24th: Mountain Brook Elementary School
48th: Brookwood Forest Elementary School
8th: Mountain Brook Junior High School

To determine the rankings, U.S. News used data from the U.S. Department of Education to analyze two areas at each school:

• Math and reading proficiency — or how well students perform on state assessments.
• Math and reading performance — or how well they perform compared with expectations.

The state assessment data used in the rankings is from the 2018-19 school year and, therefore, predates any effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on test-taking.

Nationally, California has 5,534 ranked elementary schools — the most of any state — followed by Texas at 4,446; New York at 2,211; Florida at 2,128; and Illinois at 2,038 schools.

California also has the most ranked middle schools with 2,319, followed by Texas at 1,942; Illinois at 1,243; New York at 1,219; and Florida at 997.

See the complete list of 2021’s Best K-8 Schools.