Williams Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Huntsville, Alabama, Williams Middle School works with 659 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Huntsville City. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Williams Middle School sits 30% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 44 schools in Huntsville City (24,222 students total), Williams Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Williams Middle School records that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 16% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Madison County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Williams Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.7%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -15.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Madison County) records 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. Williams Middle School is one of 89 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students).

The closest other public school is Williams Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Williams Middle School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 94%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 659 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 27% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

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