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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180000618
Blossomwood Elementary School
1321 Woodmont Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801 · (256) 428-7020 · Madison County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Alabama public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
301 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 54% larger than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
63%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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
38.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Blossomwood Elementary School
Blossomwood Elementary School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blossomwood Elementary School this school | 596 | 50.5% | 49.5% |
| Moundville Elementary School Moundville | 586 | 53.9% | 40.2% |
| Big Sandy Elementary Moundville | 522 | 46.2% | 43.0% |
| Prattville Primary School Prattville | 544 | 55.0% | N/A |
| Prattville Elementary School Prattville | 546 | 54.8% | 53.0% |
| Oliver Elementary School Seale | 481 | 55.1% | 38.5% |
Matched among Alabama elementary 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 Blossomwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #308 of 626 | #32 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #331 of 626 | #32 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #315 of 626 | #32 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #183 of 709 | #19 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #188 of 655 | #13 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #121 of 658 | #20 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #479 of 696 | #18 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #145 of 364 | #15 of 29 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
596
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 596 | 37.5 | 15.9:1 | 51% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 38.6 | 15.1:1 | 42% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 37.1 | 17.1:1 | 42% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 43% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 700 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 42% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 39 | 19.1:1 | 42% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 18% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 22% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 26 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blossomwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (700 to 596); teachers down 4% (39 to 37.5).
About Blossomwood Elementary School
Blossomwood Elementary School sits in Huntsville, Alabama, and is classified as an elementary school. It enrolled 596 students in pre-K through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students each.
Huntsville City enrolls 24,222 students, and its 44 schools include Blossomwood Elementary School.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Blossomwood Elementary School. The largest is Black students, at 44%. The next largest groups are 41% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. In Madison County overall, about 24% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Blossomwood Elementary School employs 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Blossomwood Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 51%. On average, public schools in Madison County report 41%.
allk12 grades Blossomwood Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Blossomwood Elementary School, the prediction is 47.3% and the result is 49.5%.
Within Madison County, the median household income is $86,499, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Madison County has 89 public schools and roughly 55,800 students.
The next-closest public school is Artemis Virtual Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. Blossomwood Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Blossomwood Elementary School's average proficiency of 49.5% compares with 43.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Blossomwood Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 602 to 596, a small change.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Blossomwood Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Huntsville City
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 1,152 students
- GoldsmithSchiffman ElementaryElementary · 935 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
Other schools in Huntsville
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 1,152 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
Nearby schools
- Artemis Virtual Academy0.0 mi · 338
- Huntsville Junior High School0.4 mi · 530
- Huntsville High School1.2 mi · 1,807
- Chapman Middle School2.0 mi · 315
- Chapman Elementary School2.0 mi · 167
- Jones Valley Elementary School2.0 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Blossomwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Blossomwood Elementary School?
Blossomwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 596 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Blossomwood Elementary School serve?
Blossomwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Blossomwood Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Blossomwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Blossomwood Elementary School?
Blossomwood Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 5% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Blossomwood Elementary School?
Blossomwood Elementary School is overseen by Huntsville City in Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.