Education

Auburn City Schools

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As classes resume for the 2023-2024 school year, enrollment in ACS, one of the fastest growing school districts in Alabama, will exceed 9,500 students.

To accommodate these students, there are 14 campuses that make up Auburn City Schools (ten elementary schools, two middle schools, one junior high and one high school).

As a result of growth, the Auburn City Council voted to commit the city’s 5 mill property tax fund to the school district for school construction, effective with the fiscal year 2016. Project payments from this fund must be voted on by the citizens of Auburn. Most recently, the Auburn citizens authorized payments for the construction of Auburn High School with a capacity for 2,200 students, which opened in the fall of 2017, and Creekside Elementary School with a capacity for 600 students, which opened in the fall of 2018.

In May 2018, the Auburn Board of Education approved ACS Facility Master Plan 2028, a 10-year plan addressing the demolition, reconstruction, and renovation of buildings as well as the impact of student growth on the capacity of facilities. Phase 1 of this plan, which began in the fall of 2018, included the reconstruction and demolition of Cary Woods Elementary School, J.F. Drake Middle School, and the gymnasium at East Samford School as well as the construction and opening of Woodland Pines Elementary, the tenth elementary school in ACS. The complete plan can be found on the school system’s website at www.auburnschools. org.

Celebrating diversity, ACS boasts 46 native languages spoken by students, deriving from 74 countries of origin.

ACS was the first SMART Showcase District in the U.S. with all classrooms having SMART Boards to enhance the learning experience for students and teachers alike.

ACS has been named the best educational value in the Southeast by The Wall Street Journal, ranked No. 3 on the list of Best School Districts in Alabama by Niche.com, and has landed on the list of “Top 100 School Systems in the U.S.” in Parenting magazine.

Both Wrights Mill Road Elementary School and Auburn Early Education Center have been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as National Blue Ribbon Schools, and Auburn Early Education Center has been named an Intel and Scholastic School of Distinction.

In the realm of technology, ACS is proud of the 1:1 initiative that began at Auburn Junior High School in 2006. Expanding the initiative in 2018, iPads are now provided to each student in grades 7-12.

Auburn High School students consistently score above the state and national averages on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT). ACS is regularly among the highest-ranking school systems in the state of Alabama for these test scores.

With a 98% graduation rate (2022), Auburn High School graduates have been awarded more than $220 million in scholarships since 2012 ($23.1 Million for the Class of 2022).

For more information on ACS, visit www. auburnschools.org and follow all things related to the school system on Facebook (search Auburn City Schools), on Instagram (@AuburnCityEdu) and Twitter (@AuburnCityEdu).

Public School Registration

Alabama law states that children must be 5 years of age on or before September 1 to be enrolled in kindergarten. Children must be 6 years of age by December 31 to be enrolled in first grade. When you register your child, please submit the following: a birth certificate, immunization records, Social Security card and proof of residency in the school attendance zone.

auburn city schools k-12

auburn city schools board of education 855 East Samford Avenue | (334) 887-2100

AUBURN EARLY EDUCATION CENTER (K-2) 721 East University Drive | (334) 887-4950

AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL (10-12) 1701 East Samford Avenue | (334) 887-2120

AUBURN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (8-9) 405 South Dean Road | (334) 887-4970

CARY WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K-2) 715 Sanders Street | (334) 887-4940

CREEKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (3-5) 1800 Richland Road | (334) 887-0070

DEAN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K-2) 335 South Dean Road | (334) 887-4900

EAST SAMFORD SCHOOL (7) 332 East Samford Avenue | (334) 887-1960

J.F. DRAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL (6) 655 North Donahue Drive | (334) 887-1940

OGLETREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (3-5) 737 Ogletree Road | (334) 887-4920

PICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (3-5) 1320 North College Street | (334) 887-2110

RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K-2) 770 South Yarbrough Farms Boulevard | (334) 887-1980

WOODLAND PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K-2) 1565 West Farmville Road | (334) 887-4960

WRIGHTS MILL ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (3-5) 807 Wrights Mill Road | (334) 887-1990

YARBROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (3-5) 1555 North Donahue Drive | (334) 887-1970