Academy for Science and Foreign Language Middle, 3221 Mastin Lake Road NW: grades 6 to 8, 174 students in 2024-25, state report card grade A.
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 Science and Foreign Language Middle serves sixth through eighth grade at 3221 Mastin Lake Road NW, Huntsville, as one of Huntsville City Schools’ middle and junior high 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 an A, with 92 points, on its 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 256-428-7000, 3221 Mastin Lake Road NW
- School website: www.huntsvillecityschools.org/o/asflms
- 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 | 3221 Mastin Lake Road NW, Huntsville, AL 35810 |
| Phone | 256-428-7000 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| District | Huntsville City Schools |
| Admission | Magnet, by application |
| State school code | 159-0081 |
Principal
Principal Nicole Shoulders, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 174 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
- Federal count: 177 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 10 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: A, 92 points. That compares with a B and 89 points 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) | 80.49 |
| Academic growth | 100 |
| Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) | 2.49% of students |
Academy for Science and Foreign Language Middle’s full report card, with results by student group, teachers and spending, is on the state’s report card site.
Attendance zone
Academy for Science and Foreign Language Middle 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.
STEM magnet middle school
The Academy for Science and Foreign Language Middle is the district’s STEM magnet middle school for now. Its magnet programs page says that beginning in spring 2028, middle school students in the STEM magnet pathway will attend the new HCS Magnet STEM Academy. Construction has started on a joint campus for Chapman Middle, Artemis Virtual Academy and the new STEM magnet middle school, Chapman Middle reported.
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.
Calendar and bell times
Academy for Science and Foreign Language Middle follows the Huntsville City Schools calendar, posted on the district’s events page. Coming dates:
- 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 Science and Foreign Language Middle serve?
Academy for Science and Foreign Language Middle in Huntsville serves sixth through eighth grade, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card.
What is Academy for Science and Foreign Language Middle’s state report card grade?
Academy for Science and Foreign Language Middle earned an A, with 92 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, up from 89 points on the 2023-24 card.
How do students get into Academy for Science and Foreign Language Middle’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 Science and Foreign Language Middle 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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