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What's the most underrated thing about Weatherly Heights Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180000651
Weatherly Heights Elementary School
1307 Cannstatt Drive SE, Huntsville, AL 35803 · (256) 428-7460 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Alabama public elementary schools
- B+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
15.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
135 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 | 24 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
57%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
73.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
47.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Weatherly Heights Elementary School
Weatherly Heights Elementary School's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherly Heights Elementary School this school | 472 | 28.6% | 59.7% |
| Magnolia Elementary School Trussville | 391 | 23.8% | 76.0% |
| Oak Mountain Intermediate School Birmingham | 636 | 28.3% | 73.8% |
| Inverness Elementary School Birmingham | 563 | 34.8% | 71.2% |
| Shades Cahaba Elementary School Homewood | 507 | 22.1% | 81.8% |
| Legacy Elementary School Madison | 594 | 29.3% | 70.1% |
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 Weatherly Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #192 of 626 | #22 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #227 of 626 | #24 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #177 of 626 | #19 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #346 of 709 | #30 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #167 of 655 | #9 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #197 of 658 | #28 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.6% | #648 of 696 | #40 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #315 of 364 | #27 of 29 |
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
472
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 29% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 44% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 42% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 29% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 28.5 | 17.1:1 | 31% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 36% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 33 | 17.3:1 | 24% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 8% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 32 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weatherly Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (487 to 472); teachers up 5% (28.5 to 30).
About Weatherly Heights Elementary School
Weatherly Heights Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Huntsville, Alabama, (ZIP code 35803). The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 472 students in 2024-25.
District-wide, Huntsville City has 44 schools and 24,222 students.
The largest group at Weatherly Heights Elementary School is White students, at 62%. Other groups include 16% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Madison County residents are about 63% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
On staff are 30 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 29% of students at Weatherly Heights Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Madison County is 41%.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Weatherly Heights Elementary School outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Weatherly Heights Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.7% and a predicted 63.1%.
In the wider Madison County area, median household income comes to about $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Madison County counts 89 public schools with about 55,800 students.
Mountain Gap Elementary School is about 1.3 miles from Weatherly Heights Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 50.9%, lower than Weatherly Heights Elementary School's 59.7%.
Weatherly Heights Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 475 in 2020-21, 472 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures 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
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- 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
Nearby schools
- Mountain Gap Elementary School1.3 mi · 341
- Mountain Gap Middle School1.3 mi · 366
- Virgil Grissom High School1.6 mi · 1,847
- Roger B Chaffee Elementary School1.7 mi · 396
- Challenger Middle School2.2 mi · 425
- Challenger Elementary School2.2 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Weatherly Heights Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Weatherly Heights Elementary School?
Weatherly Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Weatherly Heights Elementary School serve?
Weatherly Heights Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Weatherly Heights Elementary School have?
Weatherly Heights Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Weatherly Heights Elementary School?
At Weatherly Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 11% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Weatherly Heights Elementary School in?
Weatherly Heights Elementary School is part of Huntsville City.
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