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Enrollment
530
Middle
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180000632
Huntsville Junior High School
817 Adams St SE, Huntsville, AL 35801 · (256) 428-7700 · Madison County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Alabama public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
20.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
265 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 7 | 264 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 50% |
Student demographics
65%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
52.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
20.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Huntsville Junior High School
Huntsville Junior High School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville Junior High School this school | 530 | 50.0% | 34.7% |
| Duncanville Middle School Duncanville | 460 | 48.9% | 38.9% |
| W F Burns Middle School Valley | 545 | 57.4% | 28.2% |
| Russell County Middle School Seale | 810 | 50.2% | 32.0% |
| Prattville Intermediate School Prattville | 518 | 47.7% | 54.6% |
| Leeds Middle School Leeds | 452 | 50.9% | 40.7% |
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 Huntsville Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #166 of 260 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #157 of 260 | #13 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #153 of 260 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #103 of 265 | #12 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #219 of 244 | #13 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #23 of 246 | #8 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #180 of 264 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.2% | #41 of 79 | #7 of 8 |
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
530
+39 (+8%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 530 | 25.5 | 20.8:1 | 50% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 23.7 | 19.3:1 | 38% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 22.7 | 18.4:1 | 38% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 22 | 22.3:1 | 38% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 27 | 17.8:1 | 45% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 44% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 22% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 699 | 43 | 16.3:1 | 12% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 42 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huntsville Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (481 to 530); teachers down 6% (27 to 25.5).
About Huntsville Junior High School
Huntsville Junior High School is a mid-sized middle school for students in Huntsville, Alabama. Federal data show 530 students enrolled in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25.
A total of 44 schools make up Huntsville City, with 24,222 students enrolled.
White students account for 42% of enrollment at Huntsville Junior High School, more than any other group. Other groups include 39% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 63% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
There are 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.8:1. Across middle schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.9:1. Of all students at Huntsville Junior High School, 50% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 9 points above the 41% average for public schools in Madison County.
Huntsville Junior High School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Alabama public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Huntsville Junior High School falls in the middle 80% of Alabama schools: 34.7% actual against 47.6% predicted.
The county, Madison County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $86,499, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 89 public schools and about 55,800 students.
Huntsville Junior High School is about 0.4 miles from Artemis Virtual Academy, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Huntsville Junior High School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 530, compared with 491 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.8:1) than in 2020-21 (22.3:1).
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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
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 Academy0.4 mi · 338
- Blossomwood Elementary School0.4 mi · 596
- Huntsville High School0.9 mi · 1,807
- Sonnie Hereford Elementary School2.0 mi · 578
- Chapman Elementary School2.1 mi · 167
- Chapman Middle School2.1 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Huntsville Junior High SchoolHow large is Huntsville Junior High School?
Huntsville Junior High School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Huntsville Junior High School serve?
Huntsville Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Huntsville Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Huntsville Junior High School is approximately 20.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Huntsville Junior High School?
At Huntsville Junior High School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 11% Hispanic, 39% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Huntsville Junior High School public or private?
Huntsville Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Huntsville City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.