Montgomery Public Schools


Montgomery Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. The current Superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools is Dr. Ann Roy Moore. The district serves the city of Montgomery and surrounding Montgomery County. It is the third largest district in Alabama, with 31,743 students enrolled. The entire district is accredited by AdvancED and also has two International Baccalaureate programs: Macmillan International Academy and Johnnie Carr Middle School.

History

In the mid-1910s the county operated forty-seven schools for 3,020 White children. These schools were funded by the county and had only enough desks for about a third of the students. Combined, these schools had a value about half that of the county jail.
In 2014 four Montgomery Public School high schools made it onto the US News and World Report best high schools list, the most of any system in the state, with LAMP High School being named both the best high school in the state and among the top 20 high schools in the nation. Two other MPS schools were named in the top ten best Alabama high schools list, and George Washington Carver High School was also recognized as a top high school on the list.
In 2017 the state took over a number of failing schools in the system. In April 2017, it was reported that the principals of the 27 failing schools were to receive ten-percent salary increases and three-year contract extensions.
On August 18, 2018, one of the three buildings that make up the campus of Booker T. Washington Magnet High School burned down. The 411 students from BTW will be moved to the Hayneville Road Elementary School.

Schools

Secondary schools

7-12 schools

Statewide testing ranks the schools in Alabama. Those in the bottom six percent are listed as "failing." As of early 2018, eleven local schools were included in this category: