The Alabama State Department of Education posted spring 2026 Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program results Thursday afternoon (Aug. 13), showing modest statewide gains in English language arts and math.
The state released grade-by-grade results in July. The new results combine all tested grade levels into proficiency rates for each subject. The statewide numbers show the following proficiency rates:
-ELA: 57.1%, up from 56.2% last year
-Math: 34.3%, up from 33.4%
-Science: 47%, up from 38.9%
The state changed the proficiency cut scores for the science test this year, making the increase harder to compare directly with last year.
Across traditional county and city school districts, proficiency rates varied widely, spanning nearly 70 percentage points in English language arts, more than 70 points in math and nearly 80 points in science.
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Alabama Daily News analyzed the latest results, with searchable district and school tables included later in this story so readers can look up local proficiency and poverty rates.
As in previous years, proficiency remains closely tied to poverty. Districts serving larger percentages of economically disadvantaged students generally posted lower proficiency rates, while many of the state’s highest-performing districts had comparatively low poverty rates.
Mountain Brook City Schools posted the highest proficiency rates among traditional school districts in all three subjects: 91.3% in English language arts, 79.5% in math and 89.6% in science.
At the other end, Lanett City Schools had the lowest proficiency rates in ELA and math, with 23.3% and 7.7% of students proficient, respectively. Greene County had the lowest science proficiency rate at 11.3%.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Trisha Powell Crain and originally published by Alabama Daily News.
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