Huntsville Elementary

Huntsville Elementary is a K-5 school of cozy scale in Madison, North Carolina, overseen by Rockingham County Schools, enrolling 389 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Huntsville Elementary is one of 23 schools operated by Rockingham County Schools, a district that teaches 11,114 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Huntsville Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. Compared to Rockingham County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Huntsville Elementary reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Huntsville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Rockingham County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,053 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Rockingham County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,299 students), of which Huntsville Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: John W Dillard Academy, around 5.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Huntsville Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 420 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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