Whitesburg Middle, 107 Sanders Road SW: grades 6 to 8, 541 students on the 2024-25 state report card, graded D with 66 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 Middle serves sixth through eighth grade at 107 Sanders Road SW, Huntsville, as one of Huntsville City Schools’ middle and junior high schools. Alabama graded it a D, with 66 points, on its 2024-25 report card.

Who to call
Address 107 Sanders Road SW, Huntsville, AL 35802
Phone 256-428-7780
Grades 6 to 8
District Huntsville City Schools
Feeds into Grissom High
State school code 159-0400

Principal

Principal Bayleigh Hicks, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 541 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
  • Federal count: 567 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 21 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: D, 66 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. The state lists Whitesburg Middle as a Comprehensive Support and Improvement School, a federal designation that brings a school improvement plan.

Indicator 2024-25 score
Academic achievement (ELA and math tests) 48.65
Academic growth 78.42
Progress in English language proficiency 18.45
Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) 10.43% of students

Whitesburg Middle’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 Middle takes students from Whitesburg Elementary, Chaffee Elementary and McDonnell Elementary, and its students go on to Grissom High.

Calendar and bell times

Whitesburg Middle follows the Huntsville City Schools calendar, posted on the district’s events page. Coming dates:

  • 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 3 p.m. for junior high and middle schools, according to the district’s school hours page.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Whitesburg Middle serve?

Whitesburg Middle in Huntsville serves sixth through eighth grade, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card.

What is Whitesburg Middle’s state report card grade?

Whitesburg Middle earned a D, with 66 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, down from 72 points on the 2023-24 card.

Which high school does Whitesburg Middle feed into?

Grissom High, according to the Huntsville City Schools feeder pattern chart.

What time does Whitesburg Middle start?

Huntsville City Schools lists school hours of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for middle and junior high schools.