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Enrollment
988
Middle
DISTRICT 877 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222000560
Monrovia Middle School
1216 Jeff Rd, Huntsville, AL 35806 · (256) 851-4580 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL988 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Alabama public middle schools
- B+Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
314 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 6 | 308 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 327 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 353 | 36% |
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
72.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
32.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Middle School
Monrovia Middle School's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monrovia Middle School this school | 988 | 31.8% | 52.2% |
| Riverton Intermediate School Huntsville | 872 | 32.5% | 67.0% |
| Buckhorn Middle School New Market | 701 | 34.4% | 46.6% |
| Homewood Middle School Homewood | 1,000 | 28.3% | 72.8% |
| Daphne Middle School Daphne | 861 | 30.7% | 52.8% |
| Helena Middle Helena | 957 | 27.5% | 55.5% |
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 Monrovia Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #75 of 260 | #9 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #90 of 260 | #9 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #53 of 260 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 988 | #17 of 265 | #4 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #224 of 244 | #14 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #15 of 246 | #4 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.8% | #237 of 264 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #117 of 151 | #5 of 6 |
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
988
+16 (+2%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 1,040
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 988 | 47 | 21.0:1 | 32% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 988 | 50 | 19.8:1 | 37% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 1,003 | 50 | 20.1:1 | 31% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 972 | 48 | 20.3:1 | 16% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 1,035 | 49 | 21.1:1 | 24% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 1,017 | 49 | 20.8:1 | 22% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 1,118 | 62 | 18.0:1 | 17% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 1,040 | 51 | 20.4:1 | 10% (102) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monrovia Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,035 to 988); teachers down 4% (49 to 47).
About Monrovia Middle School
Monrovia Middle School is a large middle school in Huntsville, Alabama, under Madison County. It reports enrollment of 988 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Alabama, the average enrollment is about 508.
The district for Monrovia Middle School is Madison County, with 28 schools and 20,691 students.
White students make up 48% of enrollment at Monrovia Middle School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 31% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Madison County's population at about 63%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
On staff are 47 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1. Middle schools in Alabama average 17.9:1, 3.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Monrovia Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 32%. That is lower than the 41% average for public schools in Madison County.
Among Alabama public middle schools, Monrovia Middle School outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Monrovia Middle School is -8.7 points: 52.2% actual, 60.9% predicted.
For the population of Madison County, the median household earns about $86,499 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Monrovia Middle School shares Madison County with 88 other public schools.
Monrovia Elementary School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Monrovia Middle School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 52.2% against a local average of 60.2%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 972 students in 2020-21 and 988 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
On allk12, people connected to Monrovia Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 students
- Riverton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 872 students
Other schools in Huntsville
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 1,152 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Riverton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 872 students
Other Monrovia Middle schools
One other US public school is named Monrovia Middle. Monrovia Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMonrovia, IN · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Monrovia Elementary School0.4 mi · 600
- Legacy Elementary School1.6 mi · 594
- Providence Elementary2.4 mi · 1,152
- Sparkman High School3.0 mi · 1,770
- Rainbow Elementary School3.0 mi · 725
- Sparkman Ninth Grade School3.1 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Monrovia Middle SchoolHow many students attend Monrovia Middle School?
Monrovia Middle School enrolls approximately 988 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Monrovia Middle School serve?
Monrovia Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Monrovia Middle School have?
Monrovia Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Monrovia Middle School?
Student demographics at Monrovia Middle School are roughly 48% White, 9% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Monrovia Middle School in?
Monrovia Middle School is part of Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.