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Enrollment
366
High
DISTRICT 1,112 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180001374
New Century Technology High School
2500 Meridian Street NW, Huntsville, AL 35811 · (256) 428-7800 · Madison County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Alabama public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
76 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 99 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 86 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 99 | 27% |
Student demographics
66%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
74.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
66.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
70.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 New Century Technology High School
New Century Technology High School's state test result (70.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Century Technology High School this school | 366 | 20.8% | 70.4% |
| Pike Road High School Pike Road | 833 | 23.9% | 35.5% |
| Priceville High School Decatur | 506 | 27.3% | 42.9% |
| Muscle Shoals High School Muscle Shoals | 864 | 33.7% | 38.4% |
| Orange Beach MiddleHigh School Orange Beach | 662 | 18.7% | 64.7% |
| Baldwin Preparatory Academy Loxley | 528 | 34.1% | N/A |
Matched among Alabama high 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 New Century Technology High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #4 of 305 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #4 of 305 | #1 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #2 of 305 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #249 of 319 | #13 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #16 of 307 | #1 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #16 of 307 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #310 of 317 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #41 of 164 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
366
-111 (-23%) vs 2020
+104% since 2000-01, when it was 179
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 366 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 21% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 49% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 27.2 | 14.8:1 | 49% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 49% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 49% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 22% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 41% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 179 | 14 | 12.8:1 | 19% (34) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Century Technology High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (465 to 366); teachers down 7% (29 to 27).
About New Century Technology High School
New Century Technology High School, a small high school, is located in Huntsville, Alabama. The school's enrollment of 366 students covers grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 46% lower than the average for high schools in Alabama, which is about 682.
New Century Technology High School falls under Huntsville City, which has 44 schools enrolling 24,222 students.
New Century Technology High School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 48%. Smaller groups are 29% Black, 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 63% of Madison County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. That is lower than the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 21%. Among public schools in Madison County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
allk12 grades New Century Technology High School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
New Century Technology High School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (70.4%) and its predicted rate (68.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Madison County show that the median household income is $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. New Century Technology High School is one of 89 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Lee High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. New Century Technology High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. New Century Technology High School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Federal data show a 23% enrollment decrease, from 477 in 2020-21 to 366 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 17.0 in 2020-21 to 13.6 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Lee High School0.0 mi · 877
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School0.8 mi · 458
- Chapman Elementary School1.1 mi · 167
- Chapman Middle School1.1 mi · 315
- Lakewood Elementary School1.4 mi · 397
- Montview Elementary School1.6 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About New Century Technology High SchoolHow large is New Century Technology High School?
New Century Technology High School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades 09-12.
Is New Century Technology High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Century Technology High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at New Century Technology High School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at New Century Technology High School.
What is the student diversity at New Century Technology High School?
Student demographics at New Century Technology High School are roughly 48% White, 15% Hispanic, 29% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is New Century Technology High School public or private?
New Century Technology High 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.