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Huntsville City

Huntsville, Alabama · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

24,222
Students enrolled
46
Public schools
1,358
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 737
  • Kindergarten 1,888
  • Grade 1 1,936
  • Grade 2 1,967
  • Grade 3 1,920
  • Grade 4 1,778
  • Grade 5 1,804
  • Grade 6 1,743
  • Grade 7 1,815
  • Grade 8 1,775
  • Grade 9 1,847
  • Grade 10 1,774
  • Grade 11 1,708
  • Grade 12 1,530

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 39%
  • White 35%
  • Hispanic/Latino 17%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Asian 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 11,495 of 24,222 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 47%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,207 spent per student on day-to-day operations Alabama median: $13,726 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,499
  • Support services $6,016
  • Other (food service, etc.) $693

Where the money comes from

  • Local 50%
  • State 39%
  • Federal 11%

Total revenue $472.6 milliontotal spending $404.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: MidsizeStudents: 90% city, 10% town

Total staff (FTE)

2,382

District office

714 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville AL 35801

County

Madison County

Official website

NCES District ID

101800

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About Huntsville City

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of Huntsville City Schools, the Nation’s premier educational system in one of the world’s most technologically advanced communities, is to guarantee that every student will graduate with the capacity to compete successfully and contribute responsibly in a global technological society through an educational process characterized by effective instruction, individualized learning, superior academic and personal achievement, and safe and orderly centers of excellence, in partnership with families and the community.
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Public Schools in Huntsville City (57)

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Virgil Grissom High School

Huntsville, AL · Grades 09–12 · 1,847 students · High

Huntsville High School

Huntsville, AL · Grades 09–12 · 1,807 students · High

Providence Elementary

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–05 · 1,152 students · Elementary

GoldsmithSchiffman Elementary

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Columbia High School

Huntsville, AL · Grades 09–12 · 916 students · High

Lee High School

Huntsville, AL · Grades 09–12 · 877 students · High

Jemison High School

Huntsville, AL · Grades 09–12 · 858 students · High

Hampton Cove Middle School

Hampton Cove, AL · Grades 06–08 · 785 students · Middle

Hampton Cove Elementary

Hampton Cove, AL · Grades PK–05 · 711 students · Elementary

Williams Middle School

Huntsville, AL · Grades 06–08 · 659 students · Middle

Blossomwood Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–06 · 596 students · Elementary

Sonnie Hereford Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–06 · 578 students · Elementary

Whitesburg Middle School

Huntsville, AL · Grades 06–08 · 535 students · Middle

Morris Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–05 · 532 students · Elementary

Huntsville Junior High School

Huntsville, AL · Grades 07–08 · 530 students · Middle

McDonnell Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–05 · 511 students · Elementary

Challenger Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–05 · 491 students · Elementary

Williams Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–05 · 484 students · Elementary

Rolling Hills Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–06 · 483 students · Elementary

Weatherly Heights Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–05 · 472 students · Elementary

Jones Valley Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–06 · 471 students · Elementary

Ridgecrest Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–05 · 463 students · Elementary

Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–05 · 458 students · Elementary

James Dawson Elementary

Huntsville, AL · Grades PK–06 · 447 students · Elementary