Mt Carmel Elementary School

Mt Carmel Elementary School is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Huntsville, Alabama, overseen by Madison County, teacheing 638 students in grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 33% above the state mean of about 480.

Across the 28 schools in Madison County (20,691 students total), Mt Carmel Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Mt Carmel Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 17% Black, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Madison County's rate of about 41%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mt Carmel Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.4%, the actual is 67.7%, a residual of +7.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Madison County put the typical household earns roughly $86,499 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Madison County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), of which Mt Carmel Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Riverton Intermediate School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mt Carmel Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 14%: 562 students in 2018 compared to 638 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 66% to 57%.

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