✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades 1-12131 students4.1 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed86% to 4-year college
Special education schools in Birmingham, AL
3 in Birmingham or within 6 miles; schools in Birmingham itself count at any distance from downtown. 1 is on the state’s CHOOSE Act list. Schools whose main program is special education.
Arlington School
2 miGrades 7-11Under 10 K-12 studentsNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades 1-1259 students9.8 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed0% to 4-year college
Special education schools near Birmingham by the numbers
- Where
- all 3 in Birmingham
- Students
- about 195 in all; the typical school has 131
- Smallest and largest
- Allan Cott School, 59 students; Spring Valley School, 131 students
- Students per teacher
- 4.1 typical, 3.3 to 9.8 across 3 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- State program
- Education savings account, $7,000 per student at a participating school
How CHOOSE Act works
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.
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- Private schools with pre-K in Birmingham
- Special education schools in Hoover (11 mi)
- Special education schools across Alabama
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