Sonnie Hereford Elementary, 2755 Wilson Drive NW: grades pre-K to 6, 546 students on the 2024-25 state report card, graded C with 76 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.

Sonnie Hereford Elementary serves pre-K through sixth grade at 2755 Wilson Drive NW, Huntsville, as one of Huntsville City Schools’ elementary schools. Alabama graded it a C, with 76 points, on its 2024-25 report card.

Who to call
Address 2755 Wilson Drive NW, Huntsville, AL 35816
Phone 256-428-7440
Grades Pre-K to 6
District Huntsville City Schools
Feeds into Huntsville Junior High, then Huntsville High
State school code 159-0315

Principal

Principal Tarria Walters, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 546 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
  • Federal count: 570 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 33 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: C, 76 points. That compares with a C and 72 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) 47.40
Academic growth 100
Progress in English language proficiency 54.55
Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) 16.05% of students

Sonnie Hereford 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, Sonnie Hereford Elementary feeds Huntsville Junior High and then Huntsville High.

Calendar and bell times

Sonnie Hereford 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 Sonnie Hereford Elementary serve?

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

What is Sonnie Hereford Elementary’s state report card grade?

Sonnie Hereford Elementary earned a C, with 76 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, up from 72 points on the 2023-24 card.

Which middle and high school does Sonnie Hereford Elementary feed into?

Huntsville Junior High and then Huntsville High, according to the Huntsville City Schools feeder pattern chart.

What time does Sonnie Hereford Elementary start?

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