Ronald McNair 78

Ronald McNair 78 is one of the low-enrollment intermediate schools in Huntsville, Alabama, operated by Huntsville City, with 390 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Ronald McNair 78 is one of 44 schools operated by Huntsville City, a district that educates 24,222 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Ronald McNair 78 reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ronald McNair 78 has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Ronald McNair 78 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.7%; this one delivers 16.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Madison County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $86,499 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Madison County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), Ronald McNair 78 is one campus in the mix.

Jemison High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ronald McNair 78 at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ronald McNair 78 has declined 5%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 81% to 67%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

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