Montview Elementary, 2600 Garvin Road NW: grades pre-K to 5, 208 students on the 2024-25 state report card, graded C with 79 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.

Montview Elementary serves pre-K through fifth grade at 2600 Garvin Road NW, Huntsville, as one of Huntsville City Schools’ elementary schools. Alabama graded it a C, with 79 points, on its 2024-25 report card.

Who to call
Address 2600 Garvin Road NW, Huntsville, AL 35810
Phone 256-428-7320
Grades Pre-K to 5
District Huntsville City Schools
Feeds into Chapman Middle, then Lee High
State school code 159-0250

Principal

Principal Marcia Sutton, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 208 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
  • Federal count: 227 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 15 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, 79 points. That compares with a D and 68 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) 51.28
Academic growth 97.85
Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) 1.28% of students

Montview 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, Montview Elementary feeds Chapman Middle and then Lee High.

In the news

Montview STEM coach Heather Hall was named a national runner-up for the 2026 Toyota Family Teacher of the Year award, the district reported.

Calendar and bell times

Montview 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 Montview Elementary serve?

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

What is Montview Elementary’s state report card grade?

Montview Elementary earned a C, with 79 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, up from 68 points on the 2023-24 card.

Which middle and high school does Montview Elementary feed into?

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

What time does Montview Elementary start?

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