📍 7900 Whittier Road SW, Huntsville, Madison County, 35802
Roger B Chaffee Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Huntsville, Madison County. The school has 399 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Huntsville City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
Roger B Chaffee Elementary School enrolls 399 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% White, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 194 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 60 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
201 of the school's 399 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Roger B Chaffee Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-50.
Roger B Chaffee Elementary School is one of 45 schools in Huntsville City, based in Huntsville, Alabama. The district serves 24,222 students district-wide and employs 1,315 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 399 students, Roger B Chaffee Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 538 students per school.
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