Enrollment
263
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180000639
Monte Sano Elementary School
1107 Monte Sano Blvd SE, Huntsville, AL 35801 · (256) 428-7300 · Madison County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
26 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 52% larger than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
31%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
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
87.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
75.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Monte Sano Elementary School
Monte Sano Elementary School's state test result (80.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Sano Elementary School this school | 263 | 9.9% | 80.8% |
| Kilby Laboratory School Florence | 187 | 11.2% | 81.9% |
| Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights Vestavia Hills | 451 | 13.7% | 74.6% |
| Cherokee Bend Elementary School Mountain Brook | 562 | 2.8% | 88.6% |
| Cahaba Elementary School Trussville | 542 | 18.5% | 78.4% |
| Mountain Brook Elementary School Mountain Brook | 551 | 2.0% | 87.8% |
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 Monte Sano Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #26 of 626 | #3 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #24 of 626 | #3 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.2% | #40 of 626 | #3 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #604 of 709 | #47 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #169 of 655 | #10 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #488 of 658 | #49 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.9% | #689 of 696 | #48 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #151 of 262 | #12 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
263
+20 (+8%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 181
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 263 | 16.7 | 15.8:1 | 10% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 16.2 | 16.4:1 | 10% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 18.2 | 14.4:1 | 11% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 17 | 14.3:1 | 11% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 243 | 16.6 | 14.7:1 | 17% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 225 | 16 | 14.1:1 | 21% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 237 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 26% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 227 | 18 | 12.6:1 | 7% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 181 | 13 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monte Sano Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (243 to 263); teachers up 1% (16.6 to 16.7).
About Monte Sano Elementary School
Monte Sano Elementary School is a public elementary school in Huntsville, Alabama. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 263 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students, which makes this school 45% below average.
Huntsville City is the local district for Monte Sano Elementary School. It runs 44 schools with 24,222 students.
White students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 63%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 26 students, or 10%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Madison County average 41%.
Monte Sano Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Monte Sano Elementary School would score about 76.7%. It scores 80.8%, 4.1 points above that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Madison County show that the median household earns about $86,499 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Madison County has 89 public schools with about 55,800 students, including Monte Sano Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Chapman Middle School is about 1.9 miles from Monte Sano Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 36.0% proficiency; Monte Sano Elementary School posts 80.8%.
Monte Sano Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 20 students, from 243 to 263. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.3:1 to 15.8:1.
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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
Other Monte Sano Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Monte Sano Elementary. Monte Sano Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Monte Sano Elementary SchoolAugusta, GA · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Chapman Middle School1.9 mi · 315
- Chapman Elementary School1.9 mi · 167
- Blossomwood Elementary School2.3 mi · 596
- Artemis Virtual Academy2.3 mi · 338
- Huntsville Junior High School2.7 mi · 530
- New Century Technology High School3.0 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Monte Sano Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Monte Sano Elementary School?
Monte Sano Elementary School enrolls approximately 263 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Monte Sano Elementary School serve?
Monte Sano Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Monte Sano Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Monte Sano Elementary School.
How diverse is Monte Sano Elementary School?
Monte Sano Elementary School reports a student body of 83% White, 3% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Monte Sano Elementary School public or private?
Monte Sano 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.