Lee High, 2500 Meridian St. NE: grades 9 to 12, 828 students on the 2024-25 state report card, graded B with 83 points.

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, the federal NCES school directory for 2023-24 and the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s 2026-28 alignment.

Lee High serves ninth through 12th grade at 2500 Meridian St. NE, Huntsville, as one of Huntsville City Schools’ high schools. Alabama graded it a B, with 83 points, on its 2024-25 report card.

Who to call
Address 2500 Meridian St. NE, Huntsville, AL 35811
Phone 256-428-8150
Grades 9 to 12
District Huntsville City Schools
Magnet program Creative and Performing Arts, by audition
AHSAA football, 2026-28 Class 5A, Region 8
State school code 159-0200

Principal

Principal Kitrise Torain, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 828 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
  • Federal count: 861 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 18 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, 83 points. That compares with a C and 78 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) 37.93
Academic growth 91.28
Graduation rate 95.51%
College and career readiness 96.63%
Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) 7.49% of students

Lee High’s full report card, with results by student group, teachers and spending, is on the state’s report card site. Graduation rate and college and career readiness are reported a year behind, so the 2024-25 card counts the class of 2024.

Attendance zone

Check an address with the city’s School Zone Locator, which Huntsville City Schools links from its enrollment page. Zones do not follow the city limits, and the locator also names the school district for each address.

In the district’s feeder pattern chart, Lee High takes students from Chapman Middle, and before them from Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary and Montview Elementary. The chart also sends students who live in the area formerly zoned for Chapman Elementary on to Chapman Middle; in the city’s zone data, those addresses are now zoned for Blossomwood Elementary.

Creative and performing arts magnet

Lee is the district’s Creative and Performing Arts Magnet high school. Its magnet page lists four conservatories:

  • Dance Arts
  • Musical Arts: instrumental and vocal performance
  • Theatrical Arts: theater performance and technical theater
  • Creative Arts: creative writing, film and video, photography and visual arts

Applicants choose up to two programs, audition for each and need a grade average of at least 70%; if more students qualify than there are seats, the district uses a lottery. Magnet Schools of America named the program a Nationally Certified Magnet School, valid through August 2030, the district 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.

Sports and activities

For football in the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s 2026-28 alignment, Lee High is a Class 5A school in Region 8, with Albertville, Arab, Boaz, Columbia, Douglas, Fort Payne and Mae Jemison. The AHSAA’s 2026-28 enrollment list, which sets the classes, gives the school an enrollment figure of 659.85.

Huntsville City Schools lists these high school sports on its athletics page: cheerleading, cross-country, football, swimming and diving and volleyball in the fall; basketball, bowling, indoor track and wrestling in the winter; and baseball, golf, outdoor track, soccer, softball and tennis in the spring. Schedules and results are in our Friday night football guide and on our scoreboard.

Calendar and bell times

Lee High 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: 8:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. for high schools, according to the district’s school hours page.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Lee High serve?

Lee High in Huntsville serves ninth through 12th grade, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card.

What is Lee High’s state report card grade?

Lee High earned a B, with 83 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, up from 78 points on the 2023-24 card.

Which schools feed Lee High?

Chapman Middle, according to the Huntsville City Schools feeder pattern chart.

How do students get into Lee High’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 Lee High start?

Huntsville City Schools lists school hours of 8:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. for high schools.