Whitesburg Elementary School

Whitesburg Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Huntsville, Alabama, overseen by Huntsville City. Current enrollment sits at 379 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Whitesburg Elementary School sits 21% below that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Whitesburg Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 31% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Whitesburg Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Whitesburg Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Madison County's rate of about 41%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whitesburg Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Madison County shows median household earnings sit near $86,499, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Madison County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), Whitesburg Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Whitesburg Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 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 Whitesburg Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Whitesburg Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.