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Huntsville City

NCES agency ID 0101800 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

24,222

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

45

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

17.8:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$13,146

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$7,024

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

PK–12

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
23,068
Teachers (FTE)
1,464.5
Student–teacher ratio
15.8:1

What current records say about Huntsville City

Huntsville City operates 45 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in Huntsville, Alabama. NCES reports 24,222 students and 1,358.1 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within Alabama agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 5 of 139 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $13,146 in current expenditure per pupil and $7,024 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 56 of 138 in Alabama. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
7.6%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
12.2%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
1,358.1
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$312,567,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

Huntsville City

Huntsville, Alabama

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 34.7123, -86.5863

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White34.8%
  • Hispanic17.5%
  • Black39.1%
  • Asian1.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
  • Multiracial6.6%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in Huntsville City

45 current directory entries

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Showing 1–24 of 45 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Academy For Academics Arts Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0540017.4:1
Academy for Academics and Arts Middle SchoolMiddle06–0827013.8:1
Academy For Science Foreign LanguageElementaryPK–0530313.8:1
Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle SchoolMiddle06–0819414.9:1
Artemis Virtual AcademyOtherKG–1233867.6:1
Blossomwood Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0659615.9:1
Challenger Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0549117.5:1
Challenger Middle SchoolMiddle06–0942518.5:1
Chapman Middle SchoolMiddle06–0831515.1:1
Columbia High SchoolHigh09–1291617:1
Farley Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0533417.8:1
GoldsmithSchiffman ElementaryElementaryPK–0593517.4:1
Hampton Cove ElementaryElementaryPK–0571118.1:1
Hampton Cove Middle SchoolMiddle06–0878522.4:1
Highlands Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0637017.1:1
Huntsville Center For TechnologyHigh09–12Not reportedNot reported
Huntsville High SchoolHigh09–121,80717.5:1
Huntsville Junior High SchoolMiddle07–0853020.8:1
James Dawson ElementaryElementaryPK–0644717.1:1
Jemison High SchoolHigh09–1285819.5:1
Jones Valley Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0647117.4:1
Lakewood Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0639717.3:1
Lee High SchoolHigh09–1287718.1:1
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0545817:1