Reviewed by: Caleb Turrentine
Here’s where Huntsville-area schools placed in the new 2027 Niche rankings
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The prestigious Niche.com annual school rankings have been officially released for 2027, and—unsurprisingly—several Huntsville-area schools can founds their names on multiple rankings.
The Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, Randolph School, New Century Technology High School, James Clemens High School and others in the area placed among the state’s best.
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How local schools placed in the Niche rankings
Niche calculates school rankings each year by combining public data sets from government sources with millions of real-life user reviews to assign numerical grades and rank.
The Niche rankings are broken down into several different categories, which means local schools placed in multiple categories or were included in some rankings but did not make some of the others.
Madison City Schools was ranked as the 4th best school district in Alabama. Hartselle City Schools ranked 9th in the state.
The local schools that made Top 10 lists include:
- Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering: 4th best overall school in Alabama; 3rd best public high school in Alabama
- Randolph School: #1 private K-12 school in Alabama; 8th best school overall in Alabama
- New Century Technology High School: 6th best public high school in Alabama; 9th best overall school in Alabama
- John Paul II Catholic High School: 8th best private high school in Alabama
- Westminster Christian Academy: 9th best private school in Alabama
Schools that made an ‘A’
In addition to the schools listed above, Huntsville-area schools that were given an “A” grade by Niche include:
Public High Schools
- Athens High School
- Austin High School
- Bob Jones High School
- Buckhorn High School
- Hartselle High School
- Huntsville High School
Public Middle Schools
- Academy for Science Foreign Language Middle School
- Challenger Middle School
- Discovery Middle School
- Hampton Cove Middle School
- Hartselle Intermediate School
- Hartselle Junior High School
- Journey Middle School
- Liberty Middle School
- Monrovia Middle School
- Mountain Gap Middle School
- Priceville Junior High School
Public Elementary Schools
- Barkley Bridge Elementary School (Hartselle)
- Brookhill Elementary School (Athens)
- Columbia Elementary School (Madison)
- Creekside Elementary School (Limestone County)
- F.E. Burleson Elementary School (Hartselle)
- Goldsmith-Schiffman Elementary School (Huntsville)
- Hampton Cove Elementary School (Huntsville)
- Heritage Elementary School (Madison)
- Horizon Elementary School (Madison)
- Jones Valley Elementary School (Huntsville)
- Julian Newman Elementary School (Athens)
- Legacy Elementary School (Madison County)
- Leon Sheffield Elementary School (Decatur)
- Madison Elementary School (Madison)
- Midtown Elementary School (Madison)
- Mill Creek Elementary School (Madison)
- Monrovia Elementary School (Madison County)
- Monte Sano Elementary School (Huntsville)
- Moores Mill Intermediate School (Madison County)
- Mountain Gap Elementary School (Huntsville)
- Mount Carmel Elementary School (Madison County)
- New Market School (Madison County)
- Riverton Elementary School (Madison County)
- Riverton Intermediate School (Madison County)
- Rainbow Elementary School (Madison)
See the full Niche.com rankings HERE.
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