✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades PreK-8181 students11.1 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools in Birmingham, AL
8 in Birmingham or within 6 miles; schools in Birmingham itself count at any distance from downtown. 7 are on the state’s CHOOSE Act list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades PreK-8150 students8 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades 9-12156 students8.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed87% to 4-year college
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades PreK-819 students3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades 9-12540 students12.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed96% to 4-year college
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades PreK-8116 students5.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades PreK-8166 students9.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-8343 students13.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools near Birmingham by the numbers
- Where
- all 8 in Birmingham
- Students
- about 1,671 in all; the typical school has 166
- Smallest and largest
- Holy Family Catholic Academy, 19 students; John Carroll Catholic High School, 540 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.3 typical, 3 to 13.7 across 8 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 8, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Verified tuition
- John Carroll Catholic High School $12,145; Joseph S Bruno Montessori Academy $13,225
- State program
- Education savings account, $7,000 per student at a participating school
How CHOOSE Act works
- Pre-K (and up)6
- Elementary (K to 5)6
- Middle (6 to 8)6
- High school (9 to 12)2
- Under 501
- 50 to 1491
- 150 to 2994
- 300 to 5992
- Catholic schools here88%
- All of Alabama73%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: Alabama CHOOSE Act schools, list dated October 23, 2026, checked October 26, 2026.
- Award and rules: Alabama CHOOSE Act, official page, read October 1, 2026.
- Tuition for 2 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 11, 2026.
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- Catholic schools in Madison (82 mi)
- Catholic schools in Prichard (206 mi)
- Catholic schools in Mobile (212 mi)
- Catholic schools across Alabama
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