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Acad For Academics & Arts Primary School
2800 Poplar St Nw
Huntsville AL, 35816, Madison County
Phone: 256-428-7600
Ranking: 
(162 out of 1,064, top 15%)*
(162 out of 1,064, top 15%)*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: | 40 | 61 | 54 | 50 | 42 | 34 | 34 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 522 | 488 | 495 | 434 | 426 | 412 | 407 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 27 | 5.2% | 24 | 4.9% | 24 | 4.8% | 23 | 5.3% | 21 | 4.9% | 21 | 5.1% | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 49 | 9.4% | 41 | 8.4% | 36 | 7.3% | 38 | 8.8% | 37 | 8.7% | 36 | 8.7% | 41 | 10.1% |
| Grade 1: | 46 | 8.8% | 43 | 8.8% | 48 | 9.7% | 44 | 10.1% | 38 | 8.9% | 39 | 9.5% | 41 | 10.1% |
| Grade 2: | 52 | 10.0% | 56 | 11.5% | 49 | 9.9% | 43 | 9.9% | 41 | 9.6% | 41 | 10.0% | 40 | 9.8% |
| Grade 3: | 55 | 10.5% | 51 | 10.5% | 53 | 10.7% | 45 | 10.4% | 43 | 10.1% | 41 | 10.0% | 40 | 9.8% |
| Grade 4: | 59 | 11.3% | 54 | 11.1% | 48 | 9.7% | 45 | 10.4% | 48 | 11.3% | 39 | 9.5% | 50 | 12.3% |
| Grade 5: | 63 | 12.1% | 50 | 10.2% | 57 | 11.5% | 50 | 11.5% | 40 | 9.4% | 48 | 11.7% | 50 | 12.3% |
| Grade 6: | 59 | 11.3% | 60 | 12.3% | 60 | 12.1% | 46 | 10.6% | 56 | 13.1% | 54 | 13.1% | 49 | 12.0% |
| Grade 7: | 57 | 10.9% | 54 | 11.1% | 59 | 11.9% | 53 | 12.2% | 53 | 12.4% | 47 | 11.4% | 48 | 11.8% |
| Grade 8: | 55 | 10.5% | 55 | 11.3% | 61 | 12.3% | 47 | 10.8% | 49 | 11.5% | 46 | 11.2% | 48 | 11.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 241 | 46.2% | 215 | 44.1% | 222 | 44.8% | 180 | 41.5% | 169 | 39.7% | 179 | 43.4% | 185 | 45.5% |
| Female: | 281 | 53.8% | 273 | 55.9% | 273 | 55.2% | 254 | 58.5% | 246 | 57.7% | 225 | 54.6% | 218 | 53.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 7 | 1.4% | 6 | 1.4% | 5 | 1.2% | 6 | 1.5% | 4 | 1.0% |
| Asian: | 7 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.2% | 5 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.7% | 4 | 1.0% | 4 | 1.0% |
| Hispanic: | 19 | 3.6% | 10 | 2.0% | 9 | 1.8% | 9 | 2.1% | 9 | 2.1% | 9 | 2.2% | 4 | 1.0% |
| Black: | 242 | 46.4% | 218 | 44.7% | 229 | 46.3% | 213 | 49.1% | 225 | 52.8% | 226 | 54.9% | 213 | 52.3% |
| White: | 227 | 43.5% | 227 | 46.5% | 225 | 45.5% | 197 | 45.4% | 181 | 42.5% | 167 | 40.5% | 182 | 44.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 24 | 4.6% | 24 | 4.9% | 19 | 3.8% | 6 | 1.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 172 | 33.0% | 123 | 25.2% | 141 | 28.5% | 106 | 24.4% | 89 | 20.9% | 83 | 20.1% | 86 | 21.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 34 | 6.5% | 21 | 4.3% | 38 | 7.7% | 21 | 4.8% | 34 | 8.0% | 28 | 6.8% | 24 | 5.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.12 | 7.98 | 9.23 | 8.63 | 10.07 | 12.10 | 12.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 55.1% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 46.2% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 47.3% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.27% | 43.6% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.04% | 43.36% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 62.6% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 59.9% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 62.7% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.27% | 58.95% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.05% | 59.85% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 50.6% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 49.1% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 53.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.73% | 47.09% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 48.01% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 51.7% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 51% | 46.6% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 52.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.73% | 45.52% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 47.9% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 47.9% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 44.4% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 51% | 52.8% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.74% | 52.36% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.07% | 61.86% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 59.1% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 68% | 67.3% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 63.8% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.78% | 64.87% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.04% | 69.88% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 55.1% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 51% | 55.3% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 68% | 60.3% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.61% | 60.67% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 70.39% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 58.3% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 55.1% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 53.6% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.35% | 66.05% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.12% | 66% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 70.4% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 72.6% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.47% | 71.8% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 73.46% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.57% | 74.18% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 77.58% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.91% | 83.01% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.55% | 82.52% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 77.9% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 79.5% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.24% | 80.64% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 79.7% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.84% | 81.32% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 81.83% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.45% | 82.81% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.73% | 88.71% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 73.4% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 72.4% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 76.9% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.78% | 73.77% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.44% | 75.88% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 74.98% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.96% | 75.86% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.37% | 81.53% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 89.11% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 78.6% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 82.5% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 83.4% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.65% | 81.64% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.65% | 83.9% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 82.49% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.66% | 83.39% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.73% | 85.51% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 88.39% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 73.2% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 77% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.61% | 71.82% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 75.95% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 76.05% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 79.28% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.31% | 87.78% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.15% | 89.79% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 81.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 82.1% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.95% | 83.29% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.95% | 83.55% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.48% | 83.87% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95% | 83.09% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.65% | 86.41% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.04% | 89.97% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 59.6% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 65.9% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 72.1% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.59% | 70.65% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.92% | 69.08% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.58% | 71.7% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.51% | 73.63% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.05% | 73.93% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.77% | 72.09% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 82.2% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 81.3% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 83.1% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.88% | 85.84% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 85.13% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.98% | 85.56% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 84.84% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.35% | 84.44% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.16% | 86.16% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 63.6% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 62.7% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 60.65% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.45% | 66.77% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.26% | 72.8% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.34% | 72.85% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.85% | 69.98% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 90% | 71.01% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 78.3% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 76.9% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.11% | 75.13% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.11% | 81.2% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.14% | 81.7% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.36% | 82.78% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.62% | 83.32% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 98% | 85.02% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 69.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 80% | 71.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.75% | 67.81% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.44% | 68.13% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.04% | 77.58% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.11% | 79.61% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.38% | 78.84% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.88% | 78.09% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80% | 61.4% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 74.2% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80% | 76.9% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.71% | 72.71% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.33% | 73.14% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 75.8% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.98% | 75.15% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.05% | 76.83% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.83% | 79.03% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.33% | 67.11% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.64% | 65.5% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 85% | 67.11% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.95% | 68.49% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.12% | 75.56% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.22% | 63.49% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.56% | 71.13% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.09% | 66.14% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.98% | 63.31% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 92% | 73.28% | 75.67% |
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* Acad For Academics & Arts Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.