Academy For Science Foreign Language

Located at 3221 Mastin Lake Rd, in Huntsville, Alabama, Academy For Science Foreign Language is a close-knit elementary-level community that caters to 303 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Huntsville City. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Within Huntsville City, which oversees 44 schools and 24,222 students, Academy For Science Foreign Language is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Academy For Science Foreign Language records that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 18% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Academy For Science Foreign Language sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.8%; this one delivers 60.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Madison County put median household earnings sit near $86,499, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Madison County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), of which Academy For Science Foreign Language is one.

Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Academy For Science Foreign Language. On composite proficiency, Academy For Science Foreign Language comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 43%: 531 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 25% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.