Alabama Schools Surge: Historic Gains in Literacy, Math and Graduation

MONTGOMERY — Alabama's public schools demonstrated sweeping improvements across key metrics in the 2024-2025 school year, with State Superintendent Eric Mackey spotlighting legislative wins and rising accountability scores during the Alabama Board of Education meeting on April 9, 2026.[5] Gov. Kay Ivey, proclaiming Public Schools Week earlier this year, celebrated the state's climb from 52nd in fourth-grade math in 2017 to 32nd nationally, leading the nation in math recovery and ranking third in reading recovery.[4] The high school graduation rate hit 92%, while the College and Career Readiness Rate reached a record 88%, adding 500,000 credentialed workers to the workforce.[4]