The Fairhope Times

Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com    Fairhope High School   First city school system debate Tuesday.   BUT BEHIND 5 CITY SYSTEM SCHOOLS The 'US News and World Report' magazine's respected annual national school rankings has Baldwin County's Fairhope High School at number six in the state; but behind five other Alabama schools which are in city school systems . There are 391 high schools in the state according to the report. From an Alabama Daily News report ( click ):  "Alabama’s eight highest-ranked schools – those who are in the top 5% nationally, are, in order from 1 to 8: New Century Tech Demo High School in Huntsville City schools – No. 131, up from No. 380 last year; Homewood High School in Homewood City schools – No. 212, up from No. 363; Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook City schools – No. 215, up from No. 505; Vestavia Hills High School in Vestavia Hills City schools – No. 533, up from No. 658; Hewitt-Trussville High School in ...