Providence Elementary

Providence Elementary, a big primary school in Huntsville, Alabama, part of Huntsville City, caters to 1,152 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 140% bigger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Across the 44 schools in Huntsville City (24,222 students total), Providence Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Providence Elementary lists that Black students make up the majority at 70%; the rest comes out to 10% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Providence Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Madison County's rate of about 41%.

After controlling for student poverty, Providence Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,499, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Madison County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), Providence Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Monrovia Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 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), Providence Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.6%.

Providence Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Providence Elementary's enrollment has climbed 29% since 2018, when it stood at 891 (now 1,152). Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 55% to 70%. Class-load math has widened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

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