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Huntsville City Schools
Huntsville City is a public school district in Alabama, based in Madison County (Huntsville). SchoolGrade grades 43 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Huntsville City on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Huntsville City
43 of 43 schools in Huntsville City carry a SchoolGrade. Grade distribution:
A: 4B: 11C: 11D: 8F: 9
Best schools in Huntsville City
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A Hampton Cove Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- A Monte Sano Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- A Goldsmithschiffman Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A Hampton Cove Middle School (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- B+ New Century Technology High School (High school, underperforms expectations)
- B+ Mountain Gap Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
- B Farley Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- B Jones Valley Elementary School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- B Huntsville High School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
- B Weatherly Heights Elementary School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
Every school in Huntsville City
High schools (6)
- D- Columbia High School, Huntsville
- B Huntsville High School, Huntsville
- D- Jemison High School, Huntsville
- F Lee High School, Huntsville
- B+ New Century Technology High School, Huntsville
- C+ Virgil Grissom High School, Huntsville
Middle and junior high schools (11)
- C+ Academy For Academics And Arts Middle School, Huntsville
- B- Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School, Huntsville
- C+ Challenger Middle School, Huntsville
- F Chapman Middle School, Huntsville
- A Hampton Cove Middle School, Hampton Cove
- C Huntsville Junior High School, Huntsville
- F Martin Luther King JR Elementary School, Huntsville
- F Morris Middle School, Huntsville
- B+ Mountain Gap Middle School, Huntsville
- C- Whitesburg Middle School, Huntsville
- C Williams Middle School, Huntsville
Elementary and primary schools (24)
- C Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School, Huntsville
- B Blossomwood Elementary School, Huntsville
- C+ Challenger Elementary School, Huntsville
- D Chapman Elementary School, Huntsville
- B Farley Elementary School, Huntsville
- A Goldsmithschiffman Elementary, Big Cove
- A Hampton Cove Elementary, Hampton Cove
- D- Highlands Elementary School, Huntsville
- F James Dawson Elementary, Huntsville
- B Jones Valley Elementary School, Huntsville
- F Lakewood Elementary School, Huntsville
- D- Mcdonnell Elementary School, Huntsville
- A Monte Sano Elementary School, Huntsville
- D- Montview Elementary School, Huntsville
- D- Morris Elementary School, Huntsville
- B- Mountain Gap Elementary School, Huntsville
- C- Providence Elementary, Huntsville
- D Ridgecrest Elementary School, Huntsville
- B- Roger B Chaffee Elementary School, Huntsville
- F Rolling Hills Elementary School, Huntsville
- F Sonnie Hereford Elementary School, Huntsville
- B Weatherly Heights Elementary School, Huntsville
- C- Whitesburg Elementary School, Huntsville
- C Williams Elementary School, Huntsville
Other schools and academies (2)
- B- Academy For Science Foreign Language, Huntsville
- F Ronald Mcnair 78, Huntsville
Where Huntsville City schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Huntsville (40)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Alabama
- County: Madison County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: midsize city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 23,649 students with 1,379 full-time-equivalent teachers and 2,363 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 0101800
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Madison City (11 schools, 5 mi)
- Madison County (28 schools, 11 mi)
- Athens City (8 schools, 17 mi)
- Decatur City (18 schools, 20 mi)
- Morgan County (17 schools, 20 mi)
- Limestone County (16 schools, 21 mi)
- Hartselle City (6 schools, 24 mi)
- Arab City (4 schools, 27 mi)
Questions about Huntsville City
How many schools are in Huntsville City?
SchoolGrade grades 43 public schools in Huntsville City, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Huntsville City serve?
The largest by graded schools: Huntsville.
How good are the schools in Huntsville City?
Across the 43 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C-, with 31% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 34.5%. 51% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Huntsville City?
23,649 students were enrolled in Huntsville City in the 2023-24 school year, about 17.1 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Huntsville City?
Huntsville City is in Alabama, based in Madison County, with its district office in Huntsville. Its boundary covers about 216 sq mi.