Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School

Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is one of the tiny middle schools in Huntsville, Alabama, one of the schools within Huntsville City, with 194 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

Huntsville City comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 24,222 students; Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 19% White, 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.1%; this one delivers 56.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Madison County shows median household earnings sit near $86,499, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Madison County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), of which Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Academy For Science Foreign Language, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.