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Enrollment
1,152
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180002172
Providence Elementary
10 Chalkstone Street, Huntsville, AL 35805 · (256) 428-7125 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,152 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- FBeats 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
21.3:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
682 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 | 63 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 204 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 200 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 188 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 196 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (204) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (150).
Student demographics
48%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
47.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
25.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Providence Elementary
Providence Elementary's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Elementary this school | 1,152 | 59.2% | 33.1% |
| Troy Elementary School Troy | 1,018 | 66.5% | 49.6% |
| Bryant Park Elementary Birmingham | 707 | 64.5% | 37.6% |
| McCalla Elementary School Bessemer | 752 | 54.4% | 46.7% |
| Chalkville Elementary School Birmingham | 818 | 69.6% | 26.6% |
| Taylorville Primary School Tuscaloosa | 578 | 58.7% | N/A |
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 Providence Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #480 of 626 | #38 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #455 of 626 | #36 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #481 of 626 | #38 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,152 | #3 of 709 | #1 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #632 of 655 | #47 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #328 of 658 | #42 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #348 of 696 | #11 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.3% | #39 of 262 | #3 of 17 |
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
1,152
+364 (+46%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,152 | 54 | 21.3:1 | 59% (682) |
| 2023-24 | 951 | 50 | 19.0:1 | 54% (513) |
| 2022-23 | 848 | 47 | 18.0:1 | 52% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 53% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 891 | 48.8 | 18.3:1 | 54% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 821 | 45 | 18.2:1 | 37% (307) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Providence Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (891 to 1,152); teachers up 11% (48.8 to 54).
About Providence Elementary
Providence Elementary is a large elementary school in Huntsville, Alabama, (ZIP code 35805). It enrolled 1,152 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students each.
Huntsville City enrolls 24,222 students, and its 44 schools include Providence Elementary.
Providence Elementary is 70% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 10% White, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Madison County's population at about 24%. Providence Elementary's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 54 full-time-equivalent teachers at Providence Elementary and a ratio of 21.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 59% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Madison County report 41%.
allk12 grades Providence Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Providence Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Alabama schools: 33.1% actual against 41.0% predicted.
Providence Elementary is located in Madison County, where the median household income is $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Providence Elementary is one of 89 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Providence Elementary is Monrovia Elementary School, at a distance of about 2.0 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Providence Elementary is 7th among 9 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Federal records list enrollment at Providence Elementary as 788 in 2020-21 and 1,152 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The ratio was 16.4:1 in 2020-21 and 21.3:1 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
- GoldsmithSchiffman ElementaryElementary · 935 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Jemison High SchoolHigh · 858 students
Other schools in Huntsville
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Riverton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 872 students
Other Providence Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Providence Elementary. Providence Elementary is the largest of the 8.
- Providence ElementaryFairfax, VA · 954 students
- Providence ElementaryNorth Chesterfield, VA · 682 students
- Providence Elementary SchoolAUBREY, TX · 678 students
- Providence Elementary SchoolTemple, GA · 557 students
- Providence ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Monrovia Elementary School2.0 mi · 600
- Rainbow Elementary School2.2 mi · 725
- Monrovia Middle School2.4 mi · 988
- Columbia High School2.6 mi · 916
- Discovery Middle School3.0 mi · 1,054
- James Dawson Elementary3.2 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Providence ElementaryHow many students attend Providence Elementary?
Providence Elementary enrolls approximately 1,152 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Providence Elementary serve?
Providence Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Providence Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Providence Elementary is approximately 21.3:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Providence Elementary?
At Providence Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 8% Hispanic, 70% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Providence Elementary in?
Providence Elementary is part of Huntsville City.
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