Huntsville City
Public school district based in Huntsville, Alabama. NCES district ID 0101800; state ID AL-159.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
46
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
24,222
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,358.1
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 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 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.3% | |
| Asian | 1.5% | |
| Black or African American | 39.1% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 17.5% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.3% | |
| Two or more races | 6.6% | |
| White | 34.8% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 49.3% | |
| Male | 50.7% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 43, Town 3.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Grissom High School Huntsville | 9–12 | Regular | 1,847 | 99.5 | 18.6 | City: Midsize |
| Huntsville High School Huntsville | 9–12 | Regular | 1,807 | 103.0 | 17.5 | City: Midsize |
| Providence Elementary Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 1,152 | 54.0 | 21.3 | City: Midsize |
| GoldsmithSchiffman Elementary Big Cove | PK–5 | Regular | 935 | 53.6 | 17.4 | Town: Fringe |
| Columbia High School Huntsville | 9–12 | Regular | 916 | 54.0 | 17 | City: Midsize |
| Lee High School Huntsville | 9–12 | Regular | 877 | 48.5 | 18.1 | City: Midsize |
| Jemison High School Huntsville | 9–12 | Regular | 858 | 44.1 | 19.5 | City: Midsize |
| Hampton Cove Middle School Hampton Cove | 6–8 | Regular | 785 | 35.0 | 22.4 | Town: Fringe |
| Hampton Cove Elementary Hampton Cove | PK–5 | Regular | 711 | 39.2 | 18.1 | Town: Fringe |
| Williams Middle School Huntsville | 6–8 | Regular | 659 | 30.0 | 22 | City: Midsize |
| Blossomwood Elementary School Huntsville | PK–6 | Regular | 596 | 37.5 | 15.9 | City: Midsize |
| Sonnie Hereford Elementary School Huntsville | PK–6 | Regular | 578 | 31.0 | 18.6 | City: Midsize |
| Whitesburg Middle School Huntsville | 6–8 | Regular | 535 | 29.0 | 18.4 | City: Midsize |
| Morris Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 532 | 29.5 | 18 | City: Midsize |
| Huntsville Junior High School Huntsville | 7–8 | Regular | 530 | 25.5 | 20.8 | City: Midsize |
| McDonnell Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 511 | 27.0 | 18.9 | City: Midsize |
| Challenger Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 491 | 28.0 | 17.5 | City: Midsize |
| Williams Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 484 | 27.0 | 17.9 | City: Midsize |
| Rolling Hills Elementary School Huntsville | PK–6 | Regular | 483 | 28.4 | 17 | City: Midsize |
| Weatherly Heights Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 472 | 30.0 | 15.7 | City: Midsize |
| Jones Valley Elementary School Huntsville | PK–6 | Regular | 471 | 27.1 | 17.4 | City: Midsize |
| Ridgecrest Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 463 | 30.0 | 15.4 | City: Midsize |
| Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 458 | 27.0 | 17 | City: Midsize |
| James Dawson Elementary Huntsville | PK–6 | Regular | 447 | 26.2 | 17.1 | City: Midsize |
| Challenger Middle School Huntsville | 6–9 | Regular | 425 | 23.0 | 18.5 | City: Midsize |
| Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 400 | 23.0 | 17.4 | City: Midsize |
| Lakewood Elementary School Huntsville | PK–6 | Regular | 397 | 22.9 | 17.3 | City: Midsize |
| Morris Middle School Huntsville | 6–8 | Regular | 397 | 25.0 | 15.9 | City: Midsize |
| Roger B Chaffee Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 396 | 24.8 | 16 | City: Midsize |
| Ronald McNair 78 Huntsville | 7–8 | Regular | 390 | 20.0 | 19.5 | City: Midsize |
| Whitesburg Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 379 | 24.0 | 15.8 | City: Midsize |
| Highlands Elementary School Huntsville | PK–6 | Regular | 370 | 21.7 | 17.1 | City: Midsize |
| New Century Technology High School Huntsville | 9–12 | Regular | 366 | 27.0 | 13.6 | City: Midsize |
| Mountain Gap Middle School Huntsville | 6–8 | Regular | 366 | 23.0 | 15.9 | City: Midsize |
| Mountain Gap Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 341 | 19.8 | 17.2 | City: Midsize |
| Artemis Virtual Academy Huntsville | K–12 | Regular | 338 | 5.0 | 67.6check | City: Midsize |
| Farley Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 334 | 18.8 | 17.8 | City: Midsize |
| Chapman Middle School Huntsville | 6–8 | Regular | 315 | 20.9 | 15.1 | City: Midsize |
| Academy For Science Foreign Language Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 303 | 22.0 | 13.8 | City: Midsize |
| Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School Huntsville | 6–8 | Regular | 270 | 19.5 | 13.8 | City: Midsize |
| Monte Sano Elementary School Huntsville | PK–6 | Regular | 263 | 16.7 | 15.7 | City: Midsize |
| Montview Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 213 | 12.9 | 16.5 | City: Midsize |
| Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School Huntsville | 6–8 | Regular | 194 | 13.0 | 14.9 | City: Midsize |
| Chapman Elementary School Huntsville | PK–5 | Regular | 167 | 11.1 | 15.1 | City: Midsize |
| Huntsville Center For Technology Huntsville | 9–12 | Career and Technical | Not reported | Not reported | — | City: Midsize |
| Mental Health Center Huntsville | K–12 | Special Education | Not reported | Not reported | — | City: Midsize |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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