Weatherly Heights Elementary, 1307 Cannstatt Drive SE: grades pre-K to 5, 424 students on the 2024-25 state report card, graded A with 93 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.
Weatherly Heights Elementary serves pre-K through fifth grade at 1307 Cannstatt Drive SE, Huntsville, as one of Huntsville City Schools’ elementary schools. Alabama graded it an A, with 93 points, on its 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 256-428-7460, 1307 Cannstatt Drive SE
- School website: www.huntsvillecityschools.org/o/whes
- 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
- Which school is my address zoned for? the city’s School Zone Locator
- Buses: the district’s transportation page
| Address | 1307 Cannstatt Drive SE, Huntsville, AL 35803 |
| Phone | 256-428-7460 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| District | Huntsville City Schools |
| Feeds into | Mountain Gap Middle, then Grissom High |
| State school code | 159-0350 |
Principal
Principal Karen Melillo, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 424 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
- Federal count: 459 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 31 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: A, 93 points. That compares with an A and 91 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) | 83.51 |
| Academic growth | 100 |
| Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) | 1.71% of students |
Weatherly Heights 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, Weatherly Heights Elementary feeds Mountain Gap Middle and then Grissom High.
In the news
Weatherly Heights opened in 1963. Its mascot is the Roadrunner, and it was named a Blue Ribbon Beacon School of Excellence in 2015 and a Blue Ribbon Lighthouse School of Excellence in 2016, according to its mission page.
Calendar and bell times
Weatherly Heights 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.
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 Weatherly Heights Elementary serve?
Weatherly Heights Elementary in Huntsville serves pre-K through fifth grade, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card.
What is Weatherly Heights Elementary’s state report card grade?
Weatherly Heights Elementary earned an A, with 93 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, up from 91 points on the 2023-24 card.
Which middle and high school does Weatherly Heights Elementary feed into?
Mountain Gap Middle and then Grissom High, according to the Huntsville City Schools feeder pattern chart.
What time does Weatherly Heights Elementary start?
Huntsville City Schools lists school hours of 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for elementary schools.
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