Blossomwood Elementary School

Blossomwood Elementary School is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in Huntsville, Alabama, one of the schools within Huntsville City, works with 596 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 24% larger than the state mean of about 480.

Huntsville City runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 24,222 students. Blossomwood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Blossomwood Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 41% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Madison County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Blossomwood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Madison County put median household income runs about $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 Blossomwood Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Artemis Virtual Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blossomwood Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Blossomwood Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 700 students in 2018 compared to 596 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 51% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.