Alabama school report card shows improvements across most measures

Alabama’s federal education score rose to 88 as academic achievement, graduation rates and college and career readiness improved statewide

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The Alabama Department of Education released the latest report card Thursday, showing progress in academic achievement, English language proficiency, chronic absenteeism, graduation rates and college and career readiness.

Alabama recorded an academic achievement score of 67.89, an academic growth score of 97.07, a graduation rate of 92.77 and a college and career readiness score of 90.70.

The state's English language proficiency measured 49.92, while its chronic absenteeism indicator was 10.54.

The state improved in nearly every category, with academic growth remaining relatively unchanged.

Incident background

Alabama's overall score on the 2026 Federal Report Card rose to 88, up from 86 the previous year, as the state recorded improvements in nearly every measure of academic performance, graduation and student readiness.

Academic growth remained steady compared with the previous year. The federal report card measures six areas of school performance.