Enrollment
194
Middle
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180002486
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School
3221 Mastin Lake Road, Huntsville, AL 35810 · (256) 428-7000 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL194 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Alabama public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
93 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 73 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 27% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
38.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School this school | 194 | 47.9% | 56.0% |
| Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School Huntsville | 270 | 43.7% | 46.1% |
| Hale County Middle School Moundville | 243 | 53.5% | 38.9% |
| Denton Magnet School of Technology Mobile | 334 | 51.2% | 72.8% |
| Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School Pleasant Grove | 345 | 38.3% | 90.8% |
| Demopolis Middle School Demopolis | 394 | 59.4% | 46.5% |
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #60 of 260 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #68 of 260 | #7 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #27 of 260 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 194 | #247 of 265 | #19 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #188 of 264 | #8 of 19 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
194
-35 (-15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 194 | 13 | 14.9:1 | 48% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 177 | 17.5 | 10.1:1 | 27% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 182 | 14.5 | 12.6:1 | 27% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 15 | 15.3:1 | 28% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School.
About Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is a small middle school in Huntsville, Alabama, one of the schools in Huntsville City. The school reports 194 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 62% smaller than the 508 average for middle schools in Alabama.
Huntsville City has 24,222 students in 44 schools, and Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is 56% Black. It is also 19% White, 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Madison County is roughly 24% Black. By the diversity index, Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School comes in at 62%.
With 13 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School was 14.9:1. Among middle schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 48%.
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of Alabama public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.0% is 6.9 points above the 49.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Madison County has about 405,718 residents, and median household income is about $86,499, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 89 public schools in Madison County, with a combined enrollment of about 55,800.
Academy For Science Foreign Language is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is City: Mid-size.
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School had 229 students in 2020-21 and 194 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
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- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
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Other schools in Huntsville
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
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- Providence ElementaryElementary · 1,152 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
Nearby schools
- Academy For Science Foreign Language0.0 mi · 303
- Montview Elementary School1.0 mi · 213
- Lakewood Elementary School1.0 mi · 397
- Jemison High School1.1 mi · 858
- Ronald McNair 781.2 mi · 390
- Rolling Hills Elementary School1.3 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School?
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School enrolls approximately 194 students in grades 06-08.
Is Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School.
How diverse is Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School?
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School reports a student body of 19% White, 10% Hispanic, 56% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School in?
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School is part of Huntsville City.
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