Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

Summary:

Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School is a public elementary school in Huntsville, Alabama, serving 388 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Huntsville City School District.

The school has a diverse student population, with 55.15% African American, 27.06% White, and smaller percentages of Hispanic, Asian, and multi-racial students. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is generally lower than the Huntsville City and Alabama state averages, particularly in Mathematics. For example, in 2023-2024, only 12.28% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 31.14% for Huntsville City and 42.16% for the state. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with White and multi-racial students outperforming African American and low-socioeconomic status students.

While the school's per-student spending and student-teacher ratio suggest adequate resources, its statewide ranking has steadily declined over the years, from 135 out of 691 Alabama elementary schools in 2015-2016 to 473 out of 684 in 2023-2024. This decline in performance is concerning, especially when compared to nearby schools like Academy For Science Foreign Language, which demonstrates stronger academic outcomes across multiple subject areas. The significant racial achievement gaps and the school's high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (39.43%) suggest that socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the academic challenges faced by the school.


Detail:

Public, Magnet PK, KG-5

 4800 Sparkman Drive NE
       Huntsville, AL  35810


(256) 428-7600

District: Huntsville City

SchoolDigger Rank:
473rd of 684 Alabama Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,574 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  17.0 Help
Number of students:  395

Racial breakdown:

African American:
58.2%
White:
22.0%
Two or more races:
12.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  39.5% Help


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Compare Details Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School ranks worse than 69.2% of elementary schools in Alabama. It also ranks 13th among 24 ranked elementary schools in the Huntsville City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.43. (See more...)
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Compare Details Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2019 the calculated Average Standard Score was 67.51. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (58.2%), White (22%), two or more races (12.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 39.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School is 17, which is the 12th best among 24 elementary schools in the Huntsville City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School is $10,574, which is the 4th highest among 24 elementary schools in the Huntsville City School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School 473rd of 684 Alabama public elementary schools. (See Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Huntsville City:

SchoolDigger ranks Huntsville City 83rd of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 68.43 164th 623 73.7%
2005 83.52 68th 688 90.1%
2006 74.89 120th 689 82.6%
2007 76.28 123rd 698 82.4%
2008 59.74 283rd 698 59.5%
2009 70.08 169th 696 75.7%
2010 73.61 144th 704 79.5%
2011 75.87 119th 709 83.2%
2012 74.89 136th 696 80.5%
2013 69.21 191st 696 72.6%
2014 71.11 159th 695 77.1%
2015 76.76 128th 691 81.5%
2016 76.36 135th 691 80.5%
2017 60.42 251st 688 63.5%
2018 62.70 260th 680 61.8%
2019 52.94 327th 681 52.0%
2021 53.34 305th 692 55.9%
2022 41.77 399th 687 41.9%
2023 37.64 432nd 680 36.5%
2024 33.43 473rd 684 30.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 44.48 37th 70 47.1%
2024 21.52 71st 82 13.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 58.47 119th 392 69.6%
2022 18.73 321st 345 7.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 74.19 90th 567 84.1%
2018 48.26 356th 651 45.3%
2019 32.59 467th 649 28.0%
2021 54.58 296th 653 54.7%
2022 32.77 451st 651 30.7%
2023 22.45 504th 623 19.1%
2024 20.92 548th 670 18.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 58.55 252nd 639 60.6%
2018 62.93 232nd 640 63.8%
2019 50.87 323rd 646 50.0%
2021 57.54 266th 656 59.5%
2022 38.28 416th 656 36.6%
2023 29.97 461st 645 28.5%
2024 28.64 476th 650 26.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 54.03 301st 639 52.9%
2018 58.04 286th 650 56.0%
2019 53.08 312th 650 52.0%
2021 44.44 368th 669 45.0%
2022 44.97 369th 669 44.8%
2023 47.83 352nd 649 45.8%
2024 39.91 417th 655 36.3%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 56.44 113th 336 66.4%
2018 69.07 95th 423 77.5%
2019 51.30 173rd 426 59.4%
2021 61.47 125th 426 70.7%
2022 48.78 189th 426 55.6%
2023 29.46 314th 427 26.5%
2024 33.04 292nd 420 30.5%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 69.85 93rd 369 74.8%
2018 81.45 77th 508 84.8%
2019 82.16 72nd 529 86.4%
2021 55.59 212th 539 60.7%
2022 53.51 230th 540 57.4%
2023 61.81 183rd 528 65.3%
2024 73.38 122nd 535 77.2%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 83.78 38th 407 90.7%
2005 76.74 59th 415 85.8%
2006 80.74 46th 409 88.8%
2007 85.72 31st 412 92.5%
2008 80.88 42nd 417 89.9%
2009 73.63 81st 425 80.9%
2010 66.19 134th 435 69.2%
2011 79.86 54th 435 87.6%
2012 82.94 38th 436 91.3%
2013 76.71 58th 436 86.7%
2014 77.10 65th 438 85.2%
2015 86.90 43rd 430 90.0%
2016 77.25 66th 432 84.7%
2017 58.70 156th 432 63.9%
2018 74.23 86th 423 79.7%
2019 67.51 115th 437 73.7%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 426 426
1989 301 131 2 2 0 n/a n/a 0 436
1990 278 147 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 427
1991 275 151 4 1 1 n/a n/a 0 432
1992 268 156 2 2 0 n/a n/a 1 429
1993 256 158 4 3 1 n/a n/a 0 422
1994 258 145 4 3 0 n/a n/a 0 410
1995 264 130 5 3 0 n/a n/a 0 402
1996 264 130 5 3 0 n/a n/a 0 402
1997 265 128 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 402
1998 267 126 6 4 0 n/a n/a 0 403
1999 256 139 11 6 0 n/a n/a 0 412
2000 235 152 6 4 0 n/a n/a 0 397
2001 223 162 7 4 0 n/a n/a 0 396
2002 212 187 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 406
2003 212 187 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 406
2004 188 189 6 2 0 n/a n/a 0 385
2005 194 207 7 6 0 n/a n/a 0 414
2006 190 227 6 8 0 n/a n/a 5 436
2007 185 241 3 7 0 n/a n/a 2 438
2008 182 213 4 4 4 n/a n/a 0 407
2009 167 226 4 9 6 n/a n/a 0 412
2010 181 225 3 9 5 n/a n/a 3 426
2011 197 213 3 9 6 0 6 0 434
2012 225 229 5 9 7 1 19 0 495
2013 227 218 6 10 3 0 24 0 488
2014 227 242 7 19 3 0 24 0 522
2015 219 233 7 17 3 2 33 0 514
2016 242 321 8 34 3 1 44 0 653
2017 233 374 7 29 4 1 42 0 690
2018 213 369 6 29 3 1 41 0 662
2019 200 370 4 36 4 2 37 0 653
2020 114 190 6 34 3 2 33 0 382
2021 121 189 5 43 3 2 39 0 402
2022 127 231 8 33 1 3 4 0 407
2023 105 214 3 22 0 1 43 0 388
2024 87 230 3 24 0 0 51 0 395

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 426 31.0 13.7 0
1989 436 32.0 13.6 n/a
1990 427 32.0 13.3 0
1991 432 34.0 12.7 n/a
1992 429 32.0 13.4 n/a
1993 422 34.5 12.2 n/a
1994 410 33.5 12.2 n/a
1995 402 34.1 11.8 n/a
1996 402 34.1 11.8 n/a
1997 402 34.0 11.8 35.6
1998 403 33.0 12.2 23.6
1999 412 35.0 11.8 29.4
2000 397 33.0 12.0 30.2
2001 396 31.0 12.8 27.3
2002 406 30.0 13.5 26.4
2003 406 30.0 13.5 26.4
2004 385 30.1 12.8 23.9
2005 414 41.2 10.0 35.7
2006 436 34.0 12.7 29.9
2007 438 34.3 12.8 31.9
2008 407 34.0 12.0 27
2009 412 33.6 12.1 26.9
2010 426 42.3 10.0 29.1
2011 434 50.3 8.6 29.3
2012 495 53.6 9.2 36.2
2013 488 61.1 7.9 29.5
2014 522 39.8 13.1 39.5
2015 514 38.0 13.5 22.8
2016 653 46.0 14.1 23.6
2017 690 45.0 15.3 25.4
2018 662 44.0 15.0 39.3
2019 653 46.0 14.1 39.4
2020 382 24.0 15.9 39.5
2021 402 27.0 14.8 39.6
2022 407 25.0 16.2 39.6
2023 388 22.1 17.5 39.4
2024 395 23.1 17.0 39.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 426 31.0 13.7 0
1989 436 32.0 13.6 n/a
1990 427 32.0 13.3 0
1991 432 34.0 12.7 n/a
1992 429 32.0 13.4 n/a
1993 422 34.5 12.2 n/a
1994 410 33.5 12.2 n/a
1995 402 34.1 11.8 n/a
1996 402 34.1 11.8 n/a
1997 402 34.0 11.8 35.6
1998 403 33.0 12.2 23.6
1999 412 35.0 11.8 29.4
2000 397 33.0 12.0 30.2
2001 396 31.0 12.8 27.3
2002 406 30.0 13.5 26.4
2003 406 30.0 13.5 26.4
2004 385 30.1 12.8 23.9
2005 414 41.2 10.0 35.7
2006 436 34.0 12.7 29.9
2007 438 34.3 12.8 31.9
2008 407 34.0 12.0 27
2009 412 33.6 12.1 26.9
2010 426 42.3 10.0 29.1
2011 434 50.3 8.6 29.3
2012 495 53.6 9.2 36.2
2013 488 61.1 7.9 29.5
2014 522 39.8 13.1 39.5
2015 514 38.0 13.5 22.8
2016 653 46.0 14.1 23.6
2017 690 45.0 15.3 25.4
2018 662 44.0 15.0 39.3
2019 653 46.0 14.1 39.4
2020 382 24.0 15.9 39.5
2021 402 27.0 14.8 39.6
2022 407 25.0 16.2 39.6
2023 388 22.1 17.5 39.4
2024 395 23.1 17.0 39.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,039 (9.8%) $9,535 (90.2%) $10,574

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 327th of 681 Elementary schoolsRanks 432nd of 680 Elementary schools
 15.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School)40.422
 18.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Huntsville City)53.933.4
 20.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Alabama)57.543.6
 13.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School)48.621.5
 27.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Huntsville City)44.729.8
 14.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)47.334.9
 12.4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School)41.426.7
 14.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Huntsville City)4428.2
 15.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.933.9
 10.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students653388
 40.6%
African American370214
 42.2%
American Indian40
 100%
Asian43
 25%
Hispanic3622
 38.9%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White200105
 47.5%
Two or More Races3743
 16.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39.4%39.4%
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Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School ranks 473rd of 684 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School are 58% African American, 22% White, 13% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic.

In the 2023-24 school year, 395 students attended Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School.


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