Whitesburg Elementary, 107 Sanders Road SW: grades pre-K to 5, 347 students on the 2024-25 state report card, graded B with 86 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.
Whitesburg Elementary serves pre-K through fifth grade at 107 Sanders Road SW, Huntsville, as one of Huntsville City Schools’ elementary schools. Alabama graded it a B, with 86 points, on its 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 256-428-7780, 107 Sanders Road SW
- School website: www.huntsvillecityschools.org/o/wbes
- 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 | 107 Sanders Road SW, Huntsville, AL 35802 |
| Phone | 256-428-7780 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| District | Huntsville City Schools |
| Feeds into | Whitesburg Middle, then Grissom High |
| State school code | 159-0390 |
Principal
Principal Lisa Jones, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 347 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
- Federal count: 344 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 23 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: B, 86 points. That compares with a B and 82 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) | 64.69 |
| Academic growth | 100 |
| Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) | 1.55% of students |
Whitesburg 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, Whitesburg Elementary feeds Whitesburg Middle and then Grissom High.
The school’s website lists its address as 107 Sanders Road SW, the same address as Whitesburg Middle, with the phone number 256-428-7780; the 2023-24 federal directory listed it at 6810 Whitesburg Drive.
Calendar and bell times
Whitesburg 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 Whitesburg Elementary serve?
Whitesburg Elementary in Huntsville serves pre-K through fifth grade, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card.
What is Whitesburg Elementary’s state report card grade?
Whitesburg Elementary earned a B, with 86 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, up from 82 points on the 2023-24 card.
Which middle and high school does Whitesburg Elementary feed into?
Whitesburg Middle and then Grissom High, according to the Huntsville City Schools feeder pattern chart.
What time does Whitesburg Elementary start?
Huntsville City Schools lists school hours of 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for elementary schools.
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