Mountain Gap Middle School

Mountain Gap Middle School, a close-knit 6-8 campus in Huntsville, Alabama, part of Huntsville City, enrolls 366 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Within Huntsville City, which oversees 44 schools and 24,222 students, Mountain Gap Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mountain Gap Middle School shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Madison County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mountain Gap Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.5%; this one delivers 62.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Madison County put median household earnings sit near $86,499, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mountain Gap Middle School is one of 89 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students).

The closest other public school is Mountain Gap Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mountain Gap Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 54%: 800 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 64% across the same window.

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