Walker County Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. B Cordova Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. C+ Parrish Elementarymiddle School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
3. C+ Curry Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
4. C Bankhead Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
5. C Lupton Junior High School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
6. C Valley Junior High School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
7. C- Curry Middle School (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
8. C- Sumiton Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
9. D+ Oakman Middle School (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
10. D+ Carbon Hill Elementaryjunior High School (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)

High schools (6)

• D+ Carbon Hill Elementaryjunior High School, Carbon Hill
• D- Carbon Hill High School, Carbon Hill
• F Cordova High School, Cordova
• D- Curry High School, Jasper
• F Dora High School, Dora
• F Oakman High School, Oakman

Middle and junior high schools (6)

• C Bankhead Middle School, Cordova
• C- Curry Middle School, Jasper
• C Lupton Junior High School, Nauvoo
• D+ Oakman Middle School, Oakman
• C- Sumiton Middle School, Sumiton
• C Valley Junior High School, Jasper

Elementary and primary schools (3)

• B Cordova Elementary School, Cordova
• C+ Curry Elementary School, Jasper
• D Sumiton Elementary School, Sumiton

Other schools and academies (1)

• C+ Parrish Elementarymiddle School, Parrish

Cities and towns served (8)

• Jasper (4)
• Cordova (3)
• Carbon Hill (2)
• Oakman (2)
• Sumiton (2)
• Dora (1)
• Nauvoo (1)
• Parrish (1)

• State: Best schools in Alabama
• County: Walker County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: distant rural (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 7,146 students with 413 full-time-equivalent teachers and 848 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 0103450
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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