Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, 3112 Meridian St. NE: grades pre-K to 5, 442 students on the 2024-25 state report card, graded C with 71 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 and the federal NCES school directory for 2023-24.

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary serves pre-K through fifth grade at 3112 Meridian St. NE, Huntsville, as one of Huntsville City Schools’ elementary schools. Alabama graded it a C, with 71 points, on its 2024-25 report card.

Who to call
Address 3112 Meridian St. NE, Huntsville, AL 35811
Phone 256-428-7100
Grades Pre-K to 5
District Huntsville City Schools
Feeds into Chapman Middle, then Lee High
State school code 159-0060

Principal

Principal Valerie Fulghum-Hereford, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 442 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
  • Federal count: 451 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 15 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: C, 71 points. That compares with a D and 64 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) 42.12
Academic growth 96.04
Progress in English language proficiency 33.33
Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) 12.75% of students

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary’s full report card, with results by student group, teachers and spending, is on the state’s report card site.

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, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary feeds Chapman Middle and then Lee High.

Calendar and bell times

Martin Luther King Jr. 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 2:30 p.m. for elementary schools, according to the district’s school hours page.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary serve?

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Huntsville serves pre-K through fifth grade, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card.

What is Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary’s state report card grade?

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary earned a C, with 71 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, up from 64 points on the 2023-24 card.

Which middle and high school does Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary feed into?

Chapman Middle and then Lee High, according to the Huntsville City Schools feeder pattern chart.

What time does Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary start?

Huntsville City Schools lists school hours of 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for elementary schools.