About Huntsville City School District
Huntsville City School District is a public school system serving Madison County, Alabama, based in Huntsville. It serves 24,222 students across 46 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #5 largest of Alabama’s 153 school systems.
Size and structure
Huntsville City School District enrolls 24,222 students in 46 schools — an average of about 527 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #5 of 153 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Huntsville City School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (24,222 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Huntsville City School District employs about 1,358 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 17.8:1 — above the Alabama average of about 17.4:1. Total district staff is roughly 2,382.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Alabama funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Huntsville City School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Alabama rates every district on an A–F report card built from ACAP test proficiency, academic growth, graduation rate, chronic absenteeism and college-and-career readiness. Look up Huntsville City School District on the Alabama Report Card.
Accreditation status
Most Alabama systems are accredited through Cognia (formerly AdvancED/SACS), the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Huntsville City School District in the free Cognia registry.
Huntsville City School District vs. Alabama
See every Alabama district side by side in the Alabama directory.
Look up Huntsville City School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):