re: Living in L.A. "Lower Alabama"

To answer your question, the schools are fantastic.

For comparison, Gulf Shores absolutely blows Belle Chasse out of the water and BC is considered one of the better public schools in the area.

I always felt my teachers at GS actually wanted what was best for their students vs BC they were just collecting a check.

The athletics in Baldwin county are great too. Great facilities and they pay their coaches well.

Spanish Fort, Daphne, Fairhope, Gulf Shores annd now Orange Beach are A++ tier for public schools. Foley and Robertsdale probably B+ then you have some lower population areas with low income that aren’t the best.

In the past Orange beach had their own elementary school but went to Gulf Shores middle and high after that. They recently built a brand new middle/high school so they could break off and do their own thing.