Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary, 4800 Sparkman Drive NW: grades pre-K to 5, 373 students in 2024-25, state report card grade B.
Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, its principal’s page, Huntsville City Schools’ feeder pattern chart, school hours, enrollment page and events calendar, the City of Huntsville’s School Zone Locator, the Alabama State Department of Education’s state report card for 2024-25 and 2023-24 and the federal NCES school directory for 2023-24.
Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary serves pre-K through fifth grade at 4800 Sparkman Drive NW, Huntsville, as one of Huntsville City Schools’ elementary schools. It is a magnet school: students apply instead of being zoned, and the district’s feeder chart notes that magnet schools do not automatically feed into others. Alabama graded it a B, with 81 points, on its 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 256-428-7600, 4800 Sparkman Drive NW
- School website: www.huntsvillecityschools.org/o/aaaes
- Enrolling a new student: register online in PowerSchool from the district’s enrollment page; the Parent Support Center helps at 256-428-6911, 714 Bob Wallace Ave., and the Enrollment Office is at 256-963-9800
- Magnet questions: the district’s magnet programs page, magnet@hsv-k12.org
- Buses: the district’s transportation page
| Address | 4800 Sparkman Drive NW, Huntsville, AL 35810 |
| Phone | 256-428-7600 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| District | Huntsville City Schools |
| Admission | Magnet, by application |
| State school code | 159-0025 |
Principal
Principal Evelyn Coffey, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 373 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
- Federal count: 395 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 17 students per teacher.
State report card
Alabama grades every public school from A to F each year. The grade comes from a 100-point score built from students’ achievement and growth on state tests in English language arts and math, chronic absenteeism (the share of students who missed 18 or more days), progress in English language proficiency and, for high schools, graduation rate and college and career readiness, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s report card rules.
2024-25 grade: B, 81 points. That is the same grade and score as on the 2023-24 card. Huntsville City Schools as a whole earned a B, with 89 points.
| Indicator | 2024-25 score |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement (ELA and math tests) | 60.57 |
| Academic growth | 94.12 |
| Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) | 6.79% of students |
Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary’s full report card, with results by student group, teachers and spending, is on the state’s report card site.
Attendance zone
Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary has no attendance zone. Any student who lives in the Huntsville City Schools attendance area can apply through the district’s magnet programs page, and the district’s feeder pattern chart lists the magnet academies apart from the zoned schools.
Arts magnet program
The Academy for Academics and Arts calls itself Huntsville’s only pre-K to eighth grade arts school on its magnet page. Elementary students have weekly, graded classes in music, dance and visual arts, and the school says performances and exhibitions are part of a school culture more than 30 years old.
Rising kindergarten to fifth grade students apply during the magnet window with no further requirements. Current students do not reapply.
The district’s magnet application window for the 2027-28 school year runs from Oct. 13 to Dec. 11, 2026, with first-round offers in February 2027, according to its magnet programs page. Students must live in the Huntsville City Schools attendance area, and magnet buses run from hub schools, not neighborhood stops.
In the news
Principal Evelyn Coffey received a 2025 Learning for Life Award from the Orlean Beeson School of Education, the district announced.
Calendar and bell times
Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary follows the Huntsville City Schools calendar, posted on the district’s events page. Coming dates:
- Oct. 26-30: pre-K classrooms closed
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving holiday for students and teachers
- Friday, Dec. 18: half day for all students, end of the second grading period
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter holidays; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
- Monday, Jan. 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday
- March 15-19: spring break
School hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the AAA and ASFL academies, all grades, according to the district’s school hours page.
More
- The school’s website and staff directory
- Every public school in Huntsville, with zones and report cards
- Our Huntsville schools guide for enrollment, the school board and the district at a glance
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary serve?
Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary in Huntsville serves pre-K through fifth grade, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card.
What is Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary’s state report card grade?
Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary earned a B, with 81 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, the same as 81 points on the 2023-24 card.
How do students get into Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary’s magnet program?
By applying online during the district’s magnet window, which runs Oct. 13 to Dec. 11, 2026, for the 2027-28 school year; see the district’s magnet programs page for each program’s next steps.
What time does Academy for Academics and Arts Elementary start?
Huntsville City Schools lists school hours of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the AAA and ASFL academies.
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