Virgil Grissom High School

Virgil Grissom High School is a sizable high school in Huntsville, Alabama, part of Huntsville City. The school hosts 1,847 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 171% larger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Within Huntsville City, which oversees 44 schools and 24,222 students, Virgil Grissom High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Virgil Grissom High School logs that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 17% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Virgil Grissom High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 58.5%; actual is 34.6%, a gap of -24.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Madison County shows median household earnings sit near $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Virgil Grissom High School is one of 89 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students).

Roger B Chaffee Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Virgil Grissom High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Virgil Grissom High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Virgil Grissom High School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Virgil Grissom High School has showed little movement, going from 1,810 students in 2018 to 1,847 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 52% across the same window.

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