Weatherly Heights Elementary School

Weatherly Heights Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary-level community in Huntsville, Alabama, one of the schools within Huntsville City, caters to 472 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Huntsville City, which oversees 44 schools and 24,222 students, Weatherly Heights Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Weatherly Heights Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest looks like 16% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Madison County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Weatherly Heights Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.7%.

In the broader community, Madison County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,499 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Madison County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), Weatherly Heights Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Mountain Gap Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Weatherly Heights Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Weatherly Heights Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 11% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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