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==Education== ===Kβ12 education=== {{See also|Huntsville City Schools}} Kβ12 public education in Huntsville is provided by [[Huntsville City Schools]].<ref name="schools">{{cite web|url=http://www.hsv.k12.al.us/ |title=Huntsville City Schools |publisher=Hsv.k12.al.us |access-date=November 8, 2011}}</ref> In the 2022β2023 school year 23,939 students attended Huntsville City Schools. According to ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', "49% of high school students tested at or above the proficient level for reading, and 45% tested at or above that level for math". They also stated that high schoolers have a 92% graduation rate.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Huntsville City |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/alabama/districts/huntsville-city-103543 |access-date=December 17, 2022 |website=U.S. News & World Report |language=en}}</ref> Of the 46 schools in the Huntsville City Schools system in 2020β2021, there were:<ref name=":0" /> * 26 [[Preschool]]s ([[Pre-kindergarten|Pre-K]]) * 28 [[Elementary school]]s (Kβ5) * 14 [[Middle school]]s (grades 6β8) * 6 [[high School]]s (grades 9β12) * 3 [[Special education in the United States|special centers]] (two Schools of Choice and one Program of Choice) Huntsville City Schools also offers six magnet programs at existing schools: three programs for grades 9β12, two for 6β8, and one for both.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magnet Programs |url=https://www.huntsvillecityschools.org/magnet-programs |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Huntsville City Schools}}</ref> The section in Morgan County is within the Morgan County School District.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01103_morgan/DC20SD_C01103.pdf|title=2020 Census β School District Reference Map: Morgan County, AL|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 1, 2022|page=5 (PDF p. 6/14)}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01103_morgan/DC20SD_C01103_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> A few parcels of Huntsville in Madison County are in the [[Madison County School District (Alabama)|Madison County School District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01089_madison/DC20SD_C01089.pdf|title=2020 Census β School District Reference Map: Madison County, AL|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|page=4 (PDF p. 5/7)|access-date=August 1, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01089_madison/DC20SD_C01089_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> and a few parcels in Limestone County are in the [[Limestone County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01083_limestone/DC20SD_C01083.pdf|title=2020 Census β School District Reference Map: Limestone County, AL|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|page=25 (PDF p. 26/30)|access-date=August 1, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01083_limestone/DC20SD_C01083_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> Several private, parochial, and religious schools serve grades pre-Kβ12. The city has several private Christian schools, including [[Catholic High School (Huntsville, Alabama)|Saint John Paul II Catholic High School]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. John Paul II Catholic High School |url=https://www.jp2falcons.org/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website= jp2falcons.org |language=en}}</ref> [[Oakwood Adventist Academy]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://oakwoodadventistacademy.org/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Oakwood Adventist Academy |language=en-US}}</ref> Whitesburg Christian Academy,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whitesburg Christian Academy |url=https://www.whitesburgchristianacademy.org/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website= whitesburgchristianacademy.org}}</ref> Grace Lutheran School,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://www.gls-hsv.org/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Grace Lutheran School |language=en}}</ref> and Westminster Christian Academy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Westminster Christian Academy |url=https://wca-hsv.org/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Westminster Christian Academy}}</ref> [[Randolph School]] is Huntsville's only independent, private K-12 school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Randolph School β’ Private day school in Huntsville, Alabama |url=https://www.randolphschool.net/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Randolph School |language=en-US}}</ref> <!-- List is for main schools in Huntsville only. Can't list every one of them here. --> ===Higher education=== Huntsville has four main higher education institutions. [[The University of Alabama in Huntsville]] is the largest university serving the greater Huntsville area, with 9,636 undergraduate students in 2022β2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Alabama at Huntsville |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-alabama-huntsville-1055 |access-date=January 10, 2023 |website=U.S. News & World Report |language=en}}</ref> About half of its graduates earn a degree in engineering or science, making it one of the larger producers of engineers and physical scientists in Alabama.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2018 |title=Facts & Figures - The University of Alabama in Huntsville |url=https://www.uah.edu/about/facts-figures |access-date=December 17, 2022 |website=uah.edu |language=en}}</ref> The Carnegie Foundation ranks the school very highly as a research institution, placing it among the top 75 public research universities in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 17, 2011 |title=UAH joins select group of national research universities - Carnegie Foundation - The University of Alabama in Huntsville |url=https://www.uah.edu/otc/news/553-uahuntsville-joins-select-group-of-national-research-universities-carnegie-foundation |access-date=December 17, 2022 |website=uah.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Alabama A&M University]] is the oldest university in the Huntsville area, dating to 1875. With over 5,000 students,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alabama A&M University |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/alabama-am-university-1002 |access-date=December 17, 2022 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> it is home to the AAMU Historic District with 28 buildings and four structures listed in the [[United States National Register of Historic Places]]. [[Oakwood University]], founded in 1896, is a [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] university with over 1,300 students and a member institution of the United Negro College Fund.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oakwood University |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/oakwood-university-1033 |access-date=December 17, 2022 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> [[J. F. Drake State Technical College|J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College]], founded in 1961, is a public technical college with 872 students as of 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=College Navigator - J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=drake&s=AL&id=101462 |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=National Center for Educational Statistics}}</ref> Various colleges and universities have satellite locations or extensions in Huntsville. [[Calhoun Community College]]'s Cummings Research Park location offers in-person technical and medical programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://calhoun.edu/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Calhoun Community College |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Columbia College (Missouri)|Columbia College]]'s Redstone Arsenal location and [[EmbryβRiddle Aeronautical University|Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]]'s Redstone Arsenal location offer higher education programs in-person and [[Virtual learning environment|online]] to military individuals and their families.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Redstone Arsenal, AL |url=https://www.ccis.edu/locations/redstone-arsenal |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Columbia College |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Huntsville |url=https://worldwide.erau.edu/locations/huntsville |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University}}</ref> [[Faulkner University]]'s Research Park location and [[Strayer University]]'s Research Park offers in-person and online learning.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huntsville Campus |url=https://www.faulkner.edu/adult/huntsville-campus/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Faulkner University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2, 2022 |title=Huntsville, AL Campus |url=http://www.strayer.edu/campus-locations/alabama/huntsville |access-date=December 24, 2022 |website=Strayer University |language=en}}</ref> [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]'s Redstone Arsenal research institute is the "Development and technology home for Army Air Defense Systems, Missile Defense Systems, Rotary Wing Aviation Technology and more..." and offers professional training in those areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GTRI Huntsville Research Center |url=https://gtri.gatech.edu/location/gtri-huntsville-research-center |access-date=December 24, 2022 |website=Georgia Tech Research Institute |language=en}}</ref> Several medical centers and universities with medical programs offer education in medicine. [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]'s Huntsville Regional Medical Campus offers a number of on-site programs, including the [[Family medicine|Family Medicine]] Residency, [[Internal medicine|Internal Medicine]] Residency, [[Obstetrics]] and Women's Health Fellowship. The campus also serves as a physician practice for the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huntsville |url=https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/campuses/huntsville |access-date=December 24, 2022 |website=University of Alabama in Birmingham |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UAB Medicine Huntsville |url=https://www.uabmedicine.org/huntsville |access-date=December 24, 2022 |website=UAB Medicine}}</ref> [[Ross Medical Education Center]] in Research Park offer 36-week experience programs in [[medicine]], [[dentistry]], and [[veterinary medicine]] fields.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ross Education Huntsville, AL |url=https://rosseducation.edu/campus/al/huntsville.php |access-date=December 24, 2022 |website=Ross Education |language=en}}</ref> [[Huntsville Hospital]] has an accredited school of [[radiology]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radiologic Technology Associate Degree Program by Huntsville Hospital |url=https://www.huntsvillehospital.org/radiologic-technology |access-date=December 24, 2022 |website=Huntsville Hospital}}</ref>
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