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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180000634
Jones Valley Elementary School
4908 Garth Rd SE, Huntsville, AL 35802 · (256) 428-7220 · Madison County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
126 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 | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 64% larger than its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
59%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
78.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
57.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Jones Valley Elementary School
Jones Valley Elementary School's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Valley Elementary School this school | 471 | 26.8% | 68.9% |
| Legacy Elementary School Madison | 594 | 29.3% | 70.1% |
| Ivy Classical Academy Prattville | 619 | 28.3% | N/A |
| Riverton Elementary School Huntsville | 596 | 29.0% | 71.8% |
| Mt Carmel Elementary School Huntsville | 638 | 32.4% | 67.7% |
| Weatherly Heights Elementary School Huntsville | 472 | 28.6% | 59.7% |
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 Jones Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #94 of 626 | #15 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #129 of 626 | #16 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #119 of 626 | #15 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #348 of 709 | #31 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #381 of 655 | #29 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #165 of 658 | #26 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #654 of 696 | #42 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #202 of 364 | #17 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
471
+37 (+9%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 471 | 27.1 | 17.4:1 | 27% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 24.9 | 18.2:1 | 37% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 26.3 | 17.3:1 | 36% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 28% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 31.2 | 16.8:1 | 42% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 36% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 15% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 6% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 29 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (525 to 471); teachers down 13% (31.2 to 27.1).
About Jones Valley Elementary School
Jones Valley Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Huntsville, Alabama. The school's 471 students are in pre-K through 6.
Jones Valley Elementary School sits within Huntsville City, which has 44 schools and 24,222 students.
A majority of students at Jones Valley Elementary School, 58%, are White. The next largest groups are 24% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. By the diversity index, Jones Valley Elementary School comes in at 59%.
Jones Valley Elementary School employs 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.4:1. Elementary schools in Alabama average about 17.0:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 27% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Madison County averages 41%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Jones Valley Elementary School is B+. Compared with Alabama public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Jones Valley Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 64.5%. Jones Valley Elementary School scores 68.9%, 4.4 points above that line.
Jones Valley Elementary School is located in Madison County, where median household income is about $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 89 public schools in Madison County, with a combined enrollment of about 55,800.
The closest public school, Whitesburg Middle School, is about 1.8 miles from Jones Valley Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Jones Valley Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Jones Valley Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Jones Valley Elementary School went from 434 students to 471. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.5:1 in 2020-21 to 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
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- 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
- Whitesburg Middle School1.8 mi · 535
- Whitesburg Elementary School1.8 mi · 379
- Artemis Virtual Academy2.0 mi · 338
- Blossomwood Elementary School2.0 mi · 596
- Huntsville High School2.0 mi · 1,807
- Huntsville Junior High School2.2 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Jones Valley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jones Valley Elementary School?
Jones Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Jones Valley Elementary School serve?
Jones Valley Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jones Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jones Valley Elementary School is approximately 17.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jones Valley Elementary School?
At Jones Valley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 58% White, 10% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Jones Valley Elementary School public or private?
Jones Valley Elementary 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.