Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School is an intimate primary school in Huntsville, Alabama, run under Huntsville City. The school works with 400 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Huntsville City comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 24,222 students; Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School reports that Black students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder looks like 24% White, 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 48% of students at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 36.4%, a residual of -12.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Madison County put median household income runs about $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Madison County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School's enrollment has declined 40% since 2018, when it stood at 662 (now 400). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 32% to 24%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.