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Acad For Science & Foreign Language Primary School
3221 Mastin Lake Rd
Huntsville AL, 35810, Madison County
Phone: 256-428-7000
Ranking: 
(213 out of 1,064, top 20%)*
(213 out of 1,064, top 20%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Huntsville City School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 33 | 48 | 43 | 49 | 43 | 34 | 37 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 474 | 431 | 432 | 441 | 428 | 399 | 424 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 36 | 7.6% | 17 | 3.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 33 | 7.0% | 37 | 8.6% | 36 | 8.3% | 36 | 8.2% | 37 | 8.6% | 31 | 7.8% | 39 | 9.2% |
| Grade 1: | 43 | 9.1% | 34 | 7.9% | 34 | 7.9% | 42 | 9.5% | 34 | 7.9% | 38 | 9.5% | 35 | 8.3% |
| Grade 2: | 36 | 7.6% | 33 | 7.7% | 41 | 9.5% | 36 | 8.2% | 39 | 9.1% | 33 | 8.3% | 41 | 9.7% |
| Grade 3: | 39 | 8.2% | 42 | 9.7% | 41 | 9.5% | 43 | 9.8% | 38 | 8.9% | 42 | 10.5% | 48 | 11.3% |
| Grade 4: | 42 | 8.9% | 37 | 8.6% | 39 | 9.0% | 42 | 9.5% | 46 | 10.7% | 45 | 11.3% | 39 | 9.2% |
| Grade 5: | 34 | 7.2% | 37 | 8.6% | 41 | 9.5% | 47 | 10.7% | 41 | 9.6% | 41 | 10.3% | 40 | 9.4% |
| Grade 6: | 76 | 16.0% | 65 | 15.1% | 80 | 18.5% | 66 | 15.0% | 76 | 17.8% | 68 | 17.0% | 62 | 14.6% |
| Grade 7: | 65 | 13.7% | 72 | 16.7% | 59 | 13.7% | 68 | 15.4% | 62 | 14.5% | 50 | 12.5% | 64 | 15.1% |
| Grade 8: | 70 | 14.8% | 57 | 13.2% | 61 | 14.1% | 61 | 13.8% | 55 | 12.9% | 51 | 12.8% | 56 | 13.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 230 | 48.5% | 212 | 49.2% | 195 | 45.1% | 201 | 45.6% | 196 | 45.8% | 184 | 46.1% | 210 | 49.5% |
| Female: | 244 | 51.5% | 219 | 50.8% | 237 | 54.9% | 240 | 54.4% | 224 | 52.3% | 207 | 51.9% | 210 | 49.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.8% | 3 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.9% | 7 | 1.6% | 8 | 1.9% | 11 | 2.8% | 9 | 2.1% |
| Asian: | 20 | 4.2% | 21 | 4.9% | 19 | 4.4% | 16 | 3.6% | 11 | 2.6% | 14 | 3.5% | 12 | 2.8% |
| Hispanic: | 59 | 12.4% | 59 | 13.7% | 60 | 13.9% | 63 | 14.3% | 48 | 11.2% | 31 | 7.8% | 34 | 8.0% |
| Black: | 260 | 54.9% | 229 | 53.1% | 230 | 53.2% | 224 | 50.8% | 249 | 58.2% | 233 | 58.4% | 218 | 51.4% |
| White: | 100 | 21.1% | 112 | 26.0% | 119 | 27.5% | 131 | 29.7% | 112 | 26.2% | 110 | 27.6% | 151 | 35.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 29 | 6.1% | 6 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 238 | 50.2% | 196 | 45.5% | 215 | 49.8% | 234 | 53.1% | 197 | 46.0% | 154 | 38.6% | 150 | 35.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 39 | 8.2% | 27 | 6.3% | 35 | 8.1% | 35 | 7.9% | 49 | 11.4% | 49 | 12.3% | 45 | 10.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.58 | 9.00 | 10.12 | 9.02 | 9.93 | 11.70 | 11.50 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 55.1% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 46.2% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 47.3% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.27% | 43.6% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 43.36% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 62.6% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.4% | 59.9% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 62.7% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.98% | 58.95% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 59.85% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 50.6% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.6% | 49.1% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 53.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.62% | 47.09% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 48.01% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 51.7% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 46.6% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 52.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.54% | 45.52% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 47.9% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 47.9% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.2% | 44.4% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 52.8% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.66% | 52.36% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.47% | 61.86% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 59.1% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 67.3% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 63.8% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.33% | 64.87% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.56% | 69.88% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.7% | 55.1% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 56% | 55.3% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 60.3% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 60.67% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.34% | 70.39% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 58.3% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 55.1% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 53.6% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.33% | 66.05% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.47% | 66% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 70.4% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 72.6% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.39% | 71.8% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.74% | 73.46% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.05% | 74.18% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.45% | 77.58% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.17% | 83.01% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 82.52% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 77.9% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 79.5% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.04% | 80.64% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.07% | 79.7% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.18% | 81.32% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.78% | 81.83% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.81% | 82.81% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.56% | 88.71% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 73.4% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 72.4% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 76.9% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.21% | 73.77% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.21% | 75.88% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 74.98% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.19% | 75.86% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.24% | 81.53% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.14% | 89.11% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 78.6% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 82.5% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 83.4% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.32% | 81.64% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.73% | 83.9% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.02% | 82.49% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.19% | 83.39% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.56% | 85.51% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.45% | 88.39% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 73.2% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 77% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.71% | 71.82% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.84% | 75.95% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 76.05% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.48% | 79.28% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.55% | 87.78% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95% | 89.79% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 81.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 82.1% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.71% | 83.29% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.11% | 83.55% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95% | 83.87% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.09% | 83.09% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 86.41% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 89.97% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 78% | 59.6% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 65.9% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 72.1% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.71% | 70.65% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70% | 69.08% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.73% | 71.7% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.78% | 73.63% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.88% | 73.93% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.84% | 72.09% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 82.2% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 81.3% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 83.1% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 98.57% | 85.84% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95% | 85.13% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.43% | 85.56% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.89% | 84.84% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.46% | 84.44% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 98.67% | 86.16% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 63.6% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 62.7% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.13% | 60.65% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.13% | 66.77% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.51% | 72.8% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.19% | 72.85% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.35% | 69.98% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.67% | 71.01% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 78.3% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85% | 76.9% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.48% | 75.13% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.09% | 81.2% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.88% | 81.7% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.71% | 82.78% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.18% | 83.32% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95% | 85.02% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 69.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 71.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.82% | 67.81% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 68.13% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.23% | 77.58% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.72% | 79.61% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.67% | 78.84% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.48% | 78.09% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 61.4% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 74.2% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 76.9% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.43% | 72.71% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.15% | 73.14% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.16% | 75.8% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.73% | 75.15% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.34% | 76.83% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.65% | 79.03% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.68% | 67.11% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.05% | 65.5% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.48% | 67.11% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.61% | 68.49% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 75.56% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.34% | 63.49% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.92% | 71.13% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.49% | 66.14% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.06% | 63.31% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 73.28% | 75.67% |
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* Acad For Science & Foreign Language Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.