Niche.com, a site that seeks to “make choosing a neighborhood, college, or K-12 school a more transparent process” by “providing reviews and insight from everyday experts,” released its list of the safest high schools in Alabama.
The 2016 Safest Public High Schools ranking provides a comprehensive assessment of the health and safety of a public high school. This grade takes into account key factors such as suspension, expulsion, law enforcement referral rates, as well as student and parent reviews, in an attempt to measure the overall safety of the school.
The top five included three schools from the Birmingham area and two from the Hoover City Schools System. The number one overall school, Hartselle High, had a remarkable zero percent expulsion and school-related arrest rate. The out of school suspension rate was also an incredibly low 1.74 percent.
The rest of the top twenty-five schools are:
1. Hartselle High School
2. Spain Park High School
3. Hoover High School
4. Flomaton High School
5. Mt. Brook High School
6. Ramsay High School
7. Brewbaker Tech Magnet High School
8. Handley High School
9. Homewood High School
10. Enterprise High School
11. Rogers High School
12. Etowah High School
13. Boaz High School
14. Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
15. Vestavia Hills High School
16. Hewitt-Trussville High School
17. George Washington Carver High School
18. Mortimer Jordan High School
19. Hamilton High School
20. Pike County High School
21. Jackson High School
22. New Century Tech Demo High School
23. Brooks High School
24. Ranburne High School
25. Florence High School
The list in its entirety can be seen here.
