Schools in Orange Beach
Orange Beach City Schools, formed in 2022, is a genuinely strong, fast-emerging district -- a 98 on Alabama's 2025 State Report Card, the 2nd-highest score of 149 systems statewide, achieved in just three years.
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Learn moreA real, recent, and genuinely strong district formation story
Orange Beach voted to leave Baldwin County Schools and form its own district on July 1, 2022. By 2025, Orange Beach City Schools posted a 98 on Alabama's State Report Card -- 2nd-highest among all 149 traditional and charter systems statewide -- a genuinely fast, strong outcome for a newly formed district, not a generic 'good schools' claim.
Specific, strong subject-area results
Orange Beach students led Alabama in 4th/8th-grade science proficiency, ranked 2nd in math, and 4th in ELA (English Language Arts) statewide -- real, specific, subject-level strength rather than one aggregate score alone.
Real, measured improvement in attendance
Orange Beach Middle & High School cut chronic absenteeism from 27% to under 12% over a two-year period; Orange Beach Elementary cut its rate from 9% to 4% over the same window -- real, disclosed operational improvement alongside the academic results.
A genuinely small, two-school district
The district runs just two schools: Orange Beach Elementary (grades PK-6, 625 students) and Orange Beach Middle & High School (grades 7-12, 643 students) -- confirm zoning and any capacity/enrollment specifics directly with the district for a target address.
Key takeaways
- Orange Beach City Schools (formed 2022) scored 98 on Alabama's 2025 State Report Card -- 2nd-highest of 149 statewide systems.
- Orange Beach students led Alabama in 4th/8th-grade science proficiency, ranked 2nd in math and 4th in ELA.
- Chronic absenteeism fell substantially at both schools over a 2-year period (high school: 27% to <12%; elementary: 9% to 4%).
- The district is genuinely small -- just two schools (Elementary, PK-6; Middle & High, 7-12) serving the whole city.
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