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What's the most underrated thing about Rolling Hills Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180000644
Rolling Hills Elementary School
2901 Hilltop Terrace NW, Huntsville, AL 35810 · (256) 428-7400 · Madison County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% 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.
- DBeats 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
17.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
349 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 | 48 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
51%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
38.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
21.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Rolling Hills Elementary School
Rolling Hills Elementary School's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills Elementary School this school | 483 | 72.3% | 28.9% |
| Martha Gaskins K5 Birmingham | 537 | 76.2% | 24.9% |
| James Dawson Elementary Huntsville | 447 | 70.7% | 23.4% |
| Lakewood Elementary School Huntsville | 397 | 75.1% | 22.6% |
| Tuggle Elementary School Birmingham | 423 | 74.7% | 28.4% |
| Brewbaker Primary School Montgomery | 651 | 73.1% | 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 Rolling Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #518 of 626 | #39 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #493 of 626 | #39 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #557 of 626 | #43 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #321 of 709 | #29 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #336 of 655 | #21 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #300 of 658 | #38 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #188 of 696 | #5 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #230 of 262 | #16 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
483
+22 (+5%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 483 | 28.4 | 17.0:1 | 72% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 28.4 | 18.9:1 | 85% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 19.7 | 24.5:1 | 87% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 86% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 29.8 | 15.8:1 | 83% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 58% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 89% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 76% (428) |
| 1990-91 | 693 | 36 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rolling Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (470 to 483); teachers down 5% (29.8 to 28.4).
About Rolling Hills Elementary School
Rolling Hills Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Huntsville, Alabama, one of the schools in Huntsville City. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 483 students.
Rolling Hills Elementary School is among 44 schools run by Huntsville City, which serves 24,222 students.
About 66% of the student body at Rolling Hills Elementary School is Black. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. County-wide, 24% of Madison County residents are Black. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Rolling Hills Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.0 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The school reported 72% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Madison County report 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, Rolling Hills Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Alabama public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Rolling Hills Elementary School is 2.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.
The county, Madison County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $86,499 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Rolling Hills Elementary School, Madison County has 89 public schools.
Ronald McNair 78 is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Rolling Hills Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 29.2% on proficiency, and Rolling Hills Elementary School is below that at 28.9%.
In the federal locale system, Rolling Hills Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Rolling Hills Elementary School enrolled 461 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 483. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.9:1 to 17.0:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Other Rolling Hills Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Rolling Hills Elementary. Rolling Hills Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 11.
- Rolling Hills ElementaryFullerton, CA · 554 students
- Rolling Hills Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 527 students
- Rolling Hills ElementaryFairfield, CA · 526 students
- ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 515 students
- Rolling Hills Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 499 students
Nearby schools
- Ronald McNair 780.5 mi · 390
- Jemison High School0.5 mi · 858
- Academy For Science Foreign Language1.3 mi · 303
- Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School1.3 mi · 194
- Lakewood Elementary School1.5 mi · 397
- Montview Elementary School2.3 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Rolling Hills Elementary SchoolHow large is Rolling Hills Elementary School?
Rolling Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-06.
Is Rolling Hills Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rolling Hills Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Rolling Hills Elementary School have?
Rolling Hills Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rolling Hills Elementary School?
At Rolling Hills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 24% Hispanic, 66% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Rolling Hills Elementary School in?
Rolling Hills Elementary School is part of Huntsville City.
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