What does the Schools directory show, and what does it not show?

The Schools & Education directory is built from official sources: the Alabama State Department of Education directory and state accountability reports, and the federal Common Core of Data. A school or district is published only after it has been checked.

It shows:

• the school's name, type, grades, address, website and district;
• a phone number only when two official sources agree. When the sources disagree, the page gives the district office number instead and, for some schools, also lists each number with who lists it;
• the state letter grade and indicator scores with the reporting year and a link to the source, and enrollment when it has been verified;
• programs, sports and achievements only when an official school or district page states them, with that page and the date it was read;
• the date the school was last verified.

It does not show:

• which school an address is assigned to (attendance zones are set by the district and can change, and we found no current statewide public list of them);
• rankings, ratings, or anything from rating websites;
• any information about individual students.

When something is missing, the page says "not available".