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Huntsville City Schools

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Huntsville City Schools is the school district serving Huntsville, Alabama.[2] As of the 2025–26 school year, the system had 23,816 students and employed 2,894 personnel.[3] The district oversees 43 schools: 26 PreK-elementary schools, 11 middle schools, 6 high schools, 1 Virtual School, and 3 magnet schools.[4]

Huntsville City Schools
Address
200 White Street
Huntsville, Alabama
, 35801
United States
Coordinates34°44′02″N 86°34′41″W / 34.734°N 86.578°W / 34.734; -86.578
District information
GradesPK-12
SuperintendentDr. Clarence Sutton, Jr.
Asst. superintendent(s)A.J. Buckner
Schools43
NCES District ID0101800[1]
Students and staff
Students24,083
Teachers1,697
Staff766
Student–teacher ratio13.45
Other information
Websitehuntsvillecityschools.org

The school system finished the 2010 fiscal year with a debt of nearly $20 million the largest of any school system in Alabama by a significant margin.[5] However, after Casey Wardynski was appointed superintendent, he worked to erase the school system's debt and bring the budget into surplus.[6]

It is partially within Madison County,[7] and partially in Limestone County.[8]

History

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In 2014 officials from the school district began monitoring social media activity from students. The officials stated that a phone call from the National Security Agency (NSA) prompted them to do so.[9] In the 2013 fiscal year it paid Chris McRae, a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to run this program.[10]

On April 13th, 2026, Huntsville City Schools achieved unitary status in two areas of its 2015 consent order with the US. Department of Justice. This action released Huntsville City Schools from federal supervision in the areas of Faculty/Staff and Extracurricular Activities. [11]

Feeder pattern

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Huntsville City Schools has five feeder patterns. Huntsville City Schools also hosts five schools that fall outside of any feeder pattern.

Columbia Feeder Pattern

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  • Columbia High School

Grissom Feeder Pattern

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  • Grissom High School

Huntsville Feeder Pattern

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  • Huntsville High School

Jemison Feeder Pattern

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  • Jemison High School

Lee Feeder Pattern

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  • Lee High School

Elementary schools

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Middle schools

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High schools

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Others

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  • Community Intensive Treatment for Youth (C.I.T.Y.) (alternative school)
  • Huntsville Center for Technology (vocational school)

Priority Schools

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The Alabama Department of Education publishes data on schools labeled as "Priority" schools in the state. This is in conjunction with the Alabama Accountability Act. To be labeled "Priority", they must be designated as priority by the state superintendent or receive a D or F on their state report card.[12] The following Huntsville City schools were placed on the state priority list as of the 2024 school year[13]:

  • Artemis Virtual Academy
  • Jemison High School
  • Whitesburg Middle School
  • Ronald McNair 7-8

Former schools

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Board of Education

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  • District 1 - North Huntsville (Currently held by Chaundra Jones)
  • District 2 - East Huntsville (Currently held by Holly McCarty, Third Presiding Officer)
  • District 3 - South Huntsville (Currently held by Andrea Alvarez)
  • District 4 - Downtown Huntsville (Currently held by Ryan Renaud, Vice President)
  • District 5 - West Huntsville (Currently held by Carlos Matthews, President)

Officeholders are current as of 4/26/2026[19]

Revitalization

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Currently, a major overhaul of the cities school facilities and curriculum is occurring. In 2012, a new digital curriculum was issued, giving all students laptops and increasing digital usage for teaching. This was done to take advantage of the growing use of computers and to help give students easy access to information and organization. In 2011, a $194 million five year capital plan was granted by the Alabama Board of Education to the Huntsville City School System. With this, the city plans to renovate and construct new facilities for many of its aging campuses. These include a new Blossomwood Elementary School, New Freshman Academy for Huntsville High School, construction of a new building and campus for the combination of Lee High School and New Century Technological School, construction of a new Whitesburg Elementary, Virgil I. Grissom High School (the cities largest student body), and J. O. Johnson High School. Renovations and consolidations for many other of the cities schools is also planned.

References

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  1. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Huntsville City". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ "History".
  3. ↑ https://www.huntsvillecityschools.org/page/district-overview
  4. ↑ "About Us". Huntsville City Schools. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  5. ↑ Huntsville City Schools almost $20 million in the hole, worst in the state, December 12, 2010, retrieved February 28, 2011
  6. ↑ "Superintendent Casey Wardynski surprises Huntsville with resignation announcement". WHNT.com. September 14, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  7. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Madison County, AL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Text list
  8. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Limestone County, AL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Text list
  9. ↑ Stephens, Challen. "Huntsville schools say call from NSA led to monitoring students online." Alabama Media Group. September 24, 2014. Retrieved on September 25, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Huntsville schools paid $157,000 to former FBI agent, social media monitoring led to 14 expulsions" (Archived 2014-11-03 at the Wayback Machine). AL.com. November 1, 2014. Retrieved on November 3, 2014.
  11. ↑ "HCS Achieves Unitary Status in Two More Areas of Federal Consent Order". Huntsville City Schools. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Fall 2025 Priority School and School Choice Information" (PDF). Alabama Achieves. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Alabama 2024-2025 Priority Schools". Alabama Achieves. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Former J.O. Johnson High School". City of Huntsville. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Butler High doors closing after 64 years in Huntsville". al. May 20, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Our Story". Campus No. 805. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  17. ↑ Doyle, Steve (May 23, 2014). "Vacant Terry Heights Elementary building west of downtown Huntsville will soon be history". al. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Seldon Center". Huntsville City Schools. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  19. ↑ https://www.huntsvillecityschools.org/page/board-of-education
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