📍 1001 Haysland Road, Huntsville, Madison County, 35802
Virgil Grissom High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Huntsville, Madison County. The school has 1,974 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Huntsville City school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 94.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
Virgil Grissom High School enrolls 1,974 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 94.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1,125 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 345 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 298 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 143 | 7.2% |
| Asian | 54 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
848 of the school's 1,974 students (43%) 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.
Virgil Grissom High 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.
Virgil Grissom High 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 1,974 students, Virgil Grissom High School is larger than the district average of about 538 students per school.
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