Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180000640
Montview Elementary School
2600 Garvin Rd NW, Huntsville, AL 35810 · (256) 428-7320 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C-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
16.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
158 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 | 14 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
51%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
43.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
18.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Montview Elementary School
Montview Elementary School's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montview Elementary School this school | 213 | 74.2% | 28.4% |
| Donehoo Elementary School Gadsden | 225 | 73.3% | 48.5% |
| King Elementary Montgomery | 293 | 76.1% | 24.1% |
| Empower Community SchoolLower School Bessemer | 201 | 71.1% | 11.1% |
| Central Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 291 | 78.7% | 33.7% |
| Adamsville Elementary School Adamsville | 288 | 79.9% | 31.2% |
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 Montview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #526 of 626 | #41 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #534 of 626 | #41 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #517 of 626 | #39 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #646 of 709 | #49 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #269 of 655 | #18 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #298 of 658 | #37 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #168 of 696 | #4 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #187 of 364 | #16 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
213
+22 (+12%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 287
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 213 | 12.9 | 16.5:1 | 74% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 15.4 | 14.7:1 | 89% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 227 | 13.4 | 16.9:1 | 87% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 17 | 11.2:1 | 91% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 15.5 | 15.6:1 | 88% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 65% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 17 | 17.1:1 | 81% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 74% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 287 | 17 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (241 to 213); teachers down 17% (15.5 to 12.9).
About Montview Elementary School
In Huntsville, Alabama, part of Madison County, Montview Elementary School is an elementary school. The school's 213 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students each.
Montview Elementary School is one school in a 44-school district, Huntsville City, which enrolls 24,222 students.
A majority of students at Montview Elementary School, 67%, are Black. The remaining shares are 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% White. Madison County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Montview Elementary School comes in at 51%.
Its 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.5:1. Elementary schools in Alabama have a similar average ratio of 17.0:1. The school's lunch program data list 74% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 33 points above the 41% average for public schools in Madison County.
Montview Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Montview Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.4% and a predicted 30.1%.
Census Bureau estimates for Madison County show that median household income is about $86,499, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 89 public schools operate in Madison County, serving about 55,800 students.
The closest other public school is Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School, about 1.0 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Montview Elementary School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
Montview Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Montview Elementary School went from 191 students to 213. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.2:1 to 16.5:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School1.0 mi · 194
- Academy For Science Foreign Language1.0 mi · 303
- Lakewood Elementary School1.4 mi · 397
- Highlands Elementary School1.5 mi · 370
- Sonnie Hereford Elementary School1.6 mi · 578
- Lee High School1.6 mi · 877
Frequently asked questions
About Montview Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Montview Elementary School?
Montview Elementary School enrolls approximately 213 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Montview Elementary School serve?
Montview Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Montview Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Montview Elementary School.
How diverse is Montview Elementary School?
Montview Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 19% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Montview Elementary School public or private?
Montview 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.