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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222000842
Monrovia Elementary School
1030 Jeff Rd, Huntsville, AL 35806 · (256) 851-4570 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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.
- B+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
17.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
183 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 37 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
83.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
69.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Monrovia Elementary School
Monrovia Elementary School's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monrovia Elementary School this school | 600 | 30.5% | 74.5% |
| Legacy Elementary School Madison | 594 | 29.3% | 70.1% |
| Lakewood Elementary School Phenix City | 455 | 35.6% | 68.0% |
| Lakewood Primary School Phenix City | 466 | 34.8% | N/A |
| Gardendale Elementary School Gardendale | 700 | 38.4% | 56.8% |
| Lynn Fanning Elementary School Meridianville | 618 | 39.0% | N/A |
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 Monrovia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #56 of 626 | #5 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #51 of 626 | #5 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #70 of 626 | #8 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #177 of 709 | #18 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #350 of 655 | #25 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #69 of 658 | #11 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #637 of 696 | #35 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.5% | #70 of 262 | #7 of 17 |
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
600
+95 (+19%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 600 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 31% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 30% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 28 | 17.7:1 | 29% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 18% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 25.5 | 19.7:1 | 25% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 26% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 15% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 1,371 | 88 | 15.6:1 | 10% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 908 | 45 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monrovia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (502 to 600); teachers up 37% (25.5 to 35).
About Monrovia Elementary School
Monrovia Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Huntsville, Alabama. The school counted 600 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 25% more students than the average for elementary schools in Alabama (about 480).
Federal data list 28 schools in Madison County, with 20,691 students enrolled.
White students account for 43% of enrollment at Monrovia Elementary School, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 39% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 63% of Madison County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Monrovia Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. That is in line with the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. At Monrovia Elementary School, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 41% average for public schools in Madison County.
Monrovia Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of Alabama public elementary schools.
A school with Monrovia Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 61.8%. Monrovia Elementary School scores 74.5%, 12.7 points above that line.
Census data for Madison County show median household income comes to about $86,499, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 89 public schools and about 55,800 students.
Monrovia Middle School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Monrovia Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Monrovia Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 74.5% versus a 57.0% average.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 95 students, from 505 to 600. Students per teacher dropped from 18.7 in 2020-21 to 17.1 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
Other schools in Madison County
- Sparkman High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Hazel Green High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Meridianville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,100 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 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
Other Monrovia Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Monrovia Elementary. Monrovia Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Monrovia Elementary SchoolMonrovia, IN · 741 students
Nearby schools
- Monrovia Middle School0.4 mi · 988
- Legacy Elementary School1.8 mi · 594
- Providence Elementary2.0 mi · 1,152
- Rainbow Elementary School2.6 mi · 725
- Sparkman High School3.4 mi · 1,770
- Discovery Middle School3.4 mi · 1,054
Frequently asked questions
About Monrovia Elementary SchoolHow large is Monrovia Elementary School?
Monrovia Elementary School enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Monrovia Elementary School serve?
Monrovia Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Monrovia Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Monrovia Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Monrovia Elementary School?
Monrovia Elementary School reports a student body of 43% White, 7% Hispanic, 39% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Monrovia Elementary School?
Monrovia Elementary School is overseen by Madison County in Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.