Education

Guide to Alabama Education

K-12 School & System
Performance

Alabama has implemented one of the most stringent graduation standards in the nation, requiring four years each of English, math, science, and social studies in high school. Moreover, biology, algebra, and geometry are now required subjects. In order to graduate, students also must pass a newly strengthened graduation exam that tests knowledge of the core curriculum at the 11th-grade level.

Please click here to link to the Alabama Schools Report Card .

Alabama's Institutions of
Higher Education

Alabama has 16 state-sponsored and 15 independent senior college and university campuses (several with nationally acclaimed programs) and one private junior college. In addition, the Alabama College System of 29 two-year colleges and one senior college provides quality, accessible educational opportunities to meet the emerging needs of Alabama's citizens and industry.