Education
Auburn City Schools
Auburn City Schools is recognized as the fourth-fastest growing school system in the state, currently enrolling nearly 6,000 students in grades K-12. The district is comprised of six elementary schools; JF Drake Middle School; Auburn Junior High School; Auburn High School; and the Auburn Early Childhood Education Center, which houses the district’s Kindergarten Program.
Enhancing the traditional classroom curriculum at ACS is technology at every corner, a growing International Baccalaureate Program, Advanced Placement programs and a long list of extracurricular activities at all levels. Teachers are dedicated to leading and preparing students for the future. Of the teachers employed by ACS, well over half hold an advanced degree, with around a dozen earning doctorates.
The system’s academic excellence has continued to be rewarded over the years. ACS’s Wrights Mill Road Elementary School and its early education center are both distinguished as National Blue Ribbon Schools of Distinction. Auburn High School earned recognition in the top 2 percent of all high schools in the nation by Newsweek. Plus, ACS received a rating among the top 100 school systems in the nation by Offspring Parenting magazine—a division of The Wall Street Journal.
Opelika City Schools
The Opelika City Schools offer your child a world of opportunity. Beginning in primary school with art, music and multiple computers in each classroom, students excel in their learning environment. As students move to the secondary level, they are offered choices in the curriculum to prepare them for the future that lies ahead.
Intermediate schools offer enrichment classes and music programs such as violin. Opelika Middle School is a true middle school where sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders are taught in teams that provide an enhanced relationship with the teachers and interdisciplinary instruction. Opelika High School offers Advanced Placement courses in every core academic area. In addition, many students at OHS are dual enrolled in Opelika High School and Southern Union Community College. While taking courses on site at the high school, students are also receiving credit from Southern Union.
Our highly qualified teachers have been trained in the latest instructional strategies including the Alabama Reading Initiative; TeamMath; and the Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiative.
Fine arts are included at every level in the system, beginning with elementary music and art programs and ending with award-winning band, choral, art and drama programs at the high school level. Athletic opportunities include highly competitive Class 6A programs in a variety of sports including football, baseball, track, soccer, basketball, softball and tennis.
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