Challenger Elementary School
13555 Chaney Thompson Rd Huntsville AL, 35803, Madison County Phone: 256-428-7060 Ranking:  (104 out of 1,064, top 10%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 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 | 39 | 39 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 34 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 585 | 558 | 523 | 522 | 526 | 521 | 564 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 17 | 2.9% | 18 | 3.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 0.4% | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 79 | 13.5% | 92 | 16.5% | 72 | 13.8% | 81 | 15.5% | 79 | 15.0% | 78 | 15.0% | 76 | 13.5% |
| Grade 1: | 103 | 17.6% | 78 | 14.0% | 85 | 16.3% | 81 | 15.5% | 84 | 16.0% | 81 | 15.5% | 75 | 13.3% |
| Grade 2: | 87 | 14.9% | 90 | 16.1% | 89 | 17.0% | 91 | 17.4% | 82 | 15.6% | 69 | 13.2% | 95 | 16.8% |
| Grade 3: | 96 | 16.4% | 93 | 16.7% | 97 | 18.5% | 73 | 14.0% | 80 | 15.2% | 98 | 18.8% | 93 | 16.5% |
| Grade 4: | 103 | 17.6% | 92 | 16.5% | 88 | 16.8% | 84 | 16.1% | 98 | 18.6% | 93 | 17.9% | 102 | 18.1% |
| Grade 5: | 100 | 17.1% | 95 | 17.0% | 92 | 17.6% | 112 | 21.5% | 103 | 19.6% | 100 | 19.2% | 123 | 21.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 311 | 53.2% | 294 | 52.7% | 269 | 51.4% | 271 | 51.9% | 271 | 51.5% | 269 | 51.6% | 293 | 52.0% |
| Female: | 274 | 46.8% | 264 | 47.3% | 254 | 48.6% | 251 | 48.1% | 246 | 46.8% | 244 | 46.8% | 267 | 47.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.7% | 5 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.7% |
| Asian: | 34 | 5.8% | 34 | 6.1% | 27 | 5.2% | 31 | 5.9% | 35 | 6.7% | 32 | 6.1% | 38 | 6.7% |
| Hispanic: | 18 | 3.1% | 20 | 3.6% | 14 | 2.7% | 19 | 3.6% | 13 | 2.5% | 14 | 2.7% | 21 | 3.7% |
| Black: | 71 | 12.1% | 63 | 11.3% | 69 | 13.2% | 81 | 15.5% | 86 | 16.3% | 75 | 14.4% | 77 | 13.7% |
| White: | 430 | 73.5% | 410 | 73.5% | 395 | 75.5% | 383 | 73.4% | 390 | 74.1% | 397 | 76.2% | 424 | 75.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 27 | 4.6% | 26 | 4.7% | 17 | 3.3% | 6 | 1.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 190 | 32.5% | 163 | 29.2% | 135 | 25.8% | 132 | 25.3% | 126 | 24.0% | 86 | 16.5% | 96 | 17.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 33 | 5.6% | 31 | 5.6% | 23 | 4.4% | 19 | 3.6% | 21 | 4.0% | 23 | 4.4% | 16 | 2.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.57 | 14.25 | 13.43 | 15.22 | 15.18 | 13.70 | 16.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 55.1% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 63% | 46.2% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 47.3% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.73% | 43.6% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 63% | 43.36% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 62.6% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 59.9% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 62.7% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.42% | 58.95% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 73% | 59.85% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 50.6% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 49.1% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 53.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.41% | 47.09% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 69% | 48.01% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.3% | 51.7% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 46.6% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 52.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.59% | 45.52% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 66% | 47.9% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 70.4% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 72.6% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.69% | 71.8% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.78% | 73.46% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89% | 74.18% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.59% | 77.58% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.21% | 83.01% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.41% | 82.52% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 77.9% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 79.5% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.79% | 80.64% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.04% | 79.7% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.09% | 81.32% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.06% | 81.83% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.61% | 82.81% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.51% | 88.71% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 73.4% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 72.4% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 76.9% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.21% | 73.77% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.84% | 75.88% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.36% | 74.98% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | 75.86% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.45% | 81.53% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.06% | 89.11% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 78.6% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 82.5% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 83.4% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.74% | 81.64% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.91% | 83.9% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.62% | 82.49% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94% | 83.39% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.18% | 85.51% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.82% | 88.39% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 73.2% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 77% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.37% | 71.82% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 75.95% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.35% | 76.05% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 79.28% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 87.78% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.19% | 89.79% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 81.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 82.1% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 83.29% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 83.55% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.18% | 83.87% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.39% | 83.09% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.37% | 86.41% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.35% | 89.97% | 88.88% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 67.11% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.15% | 65.5% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.44% | 67.11% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.62% | 68.49% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.21% | 75.56% | 80.09% |
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* Challenger Elementary School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.