Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School

Located at 4800 Sparkman Drive NE, in Huntsville, Alabama, Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School is a small 6-8 campus that works with 270 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Huntsville City. That puts it 47% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School is one of 44 schools operated by Huntsville City, a district that enrolls 24,222 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School reports that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 26% White, 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Madison County) shows that median household earnings sit near $86,499, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School is one of 89 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students).

The closest other public school is Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

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