Lee High School

Summary:

Lee High School is a public high school in Huntsville, Alabama, serving around 840 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Huntsville City School District, which is ranked 83 out of 137 districts in Alabama and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lee High School stands out for several key factors. It has a significantly higher percentage of African American students (62.02%) compared to surrounding schools, which range from 15.1% to 74.02% African American. Academically, Lee High School consistently underperforms the Huntsville City and Alabama state averages in proficiency rates for 11th-grade assessments in Mathematics, Science, and English. For example, in 2023-2024, Lee High School had only 6.9% proficiency in Mathematics, compared to 27% for Huntsville City and 23.12% for the state. Additionally, Lee High School has been ranked in the bottom third of Alabama high schools for the past several years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, well below the top-performing Huntsville High School and New Century Technology High School.

Another notable factor is the high percentage of students (around 77%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Lee High School, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. This is significantly higher than the surrounding schools, which range from 27.6% to 64.53% free/reduced lunch. These stark contrasts in academic performance and student demographics between Lee High School and the higher-performing nearby schools suggest that Lee High School may face unique challenges that require targeted support and interventions to address the specific needs of its student population.


Detail:

Public, Magnet 9-12

 2500 Meridian Street
       Huntsville, AL  35811-1892


(256) 428-8150

District: Huntsville City

SchoolDigger Rank:
278th of 378 Alabama High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,340 Help


Feeder schools for Lee High School:

Elementary:    Chapman Elementary School
    Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School
    Montview Elementary School
Middle:    Chapman Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.4 Help
Number of students:  840

Racial breakdown:

African American:
62.0%
White:
21.7%
Hispanic:
10.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  76.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Lee High School ranks worse than 73.5% of high schools in Alabama. It also ranks 4th among 6 ranked high schools in the Huntsville City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.1. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Lee High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (62%), White (21.7%), Hispanic (10.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 76.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Huntsville City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lee High School is 18.4. 4 high schools in the Huntsville City School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lee High School is $12,340, which is the highest among 6 high schools in the Huntsville City School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lee High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lee High School 278th of 378 Alabama public high schools. (See Lee High School in the ranking list.)

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Huntsville City:

SchoolDigger ranks Huntsville City 83rd of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lee High School

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Rank History for all students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 58.38 152nd 357 57.4%
2005 60.12 141st 359 60.7%
2006 47.94 221st 357 38.1%
2007 52.08 194th 358 45.8%
2008 41.97 244th 359 32.0%
2009 37.23 267th 357 25.2%
2010 37.07 266th 358 25.7%
2011 43.57 246th 360 31.7%
2012 15.75 333rd 358 7.0%
2013 29.71 328th 358 8.4%
2014 32.30 255th 358 28.8%
2015 25.32 275th 353 22.1%
2016 11.91 314th 351 10.5%
2017 14.64 310th 353 12.2%
2018 13.05 308th 356 13.5%
2019 24.26 275th 366 24.9%
2021 21.99 291st 371 21.6%
2022 28.35 266th 367 27.5%
2023 32.91 241st 371 35.0%
2024 27.10 278th 378 26.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 8.00 18th 19 5.3%
2018 1.78 24th 24 0.0%
2019 6.36 36th 37 2.7%
2021 12.40 41st 43 4.7%
2022 36.22 28th 40 30.0%
2024 11.87 52nd 56 7.1%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Multi-racial Students!

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 26.32 48th 63 23.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 26.26 69th 83 16.9%
2018 43.12 72nd 160 55.0%
2019 32.62 123rd 171 28.1%
2021 53.80 73rd 196 62.8%
2022 63.82 49th 169 71.0%
2023 85.18 15th 182 91.8%
2024 53.87 73rd 198 63.1%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Special Education Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 6.89 338th 349 3.2%
2019 29.24 260th 358 27.4%
2021 19.01 304th 361 15.8%
2022 21.66 296th 361 18.0%
2023 30.24 244th 349 30.1%
2024 22.51 299th 375 20.3%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 20.22 282nd 343 17.8%
2018 12.50 302nd 347 13.0%
2019 24.83 269th 354 24.0%
2021 32.71 240th 359 33.1%
2022 31.13 248th 367 32.4%
2023 34.08 222nd 358 38.0%
2024 27.93 268th 366 26.8%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Foster Care students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.41 1st 1 0.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 10.62 315th 339 7.1%
2018 15.30 297th 350 15.1%
2019 22.33 280th 357 21.6%
2021 11.26 345th 366 5.7%
2022 26.49 269th 366 26.5%
2023 30.87 243rd 358 32.1%
2024 25.91 267th 368 27.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 24.62 160th 189 15.3%
2018 30.34 162nd 223 27.4%
2019 41.53 116th 224 48.2%
2021 37.22 140th 228 38.6%
2022 25.68 183rd 222 17.6%
2023 44.23 110th 224 50.9%
2024 36.22 137th 231 40.7%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 58.34 35th 93 62.4%
2018 33.85 62nd 95 34.7%
2019 56.69 36th 103 65.0%
2021 13.11 108th 113 4.4%
2022 24.90 86th 114 24.6%
2023 24.35 96th 122 21.3%
2024 12.72 135th 139 2.9%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Lee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 15.74 210th 230 8.7%
2018 21.15 251st 300 16.3%
2019 48.05 151st 313 51.8%
2021 52.38 130th 319 59.2%
2022 57.67 111th 326 66.0%
2023 57.29 118th 317 62.8%
2024 53.44 123rd 325 62.2%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Lee High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1156 1156
1989 669 486 5 4 5 n/a n/a 0 1169
1990 611 524 9 2 5 n/a n/a 0 1151
1991 550 511 11 5 3 n/a n/a 0 1080
1992 526 498 10 8 4 n/a n/a -1 1045
1993 519 483 10 6 6 n/a n/a 0 1024
1994 535 460 8 8 8 n/a n/a 0 1019
1995 518 464 10 4 12 n/a n/a 0 1008
1996 518 464 10 4 12 n/a n/a 0 1008
1997 485 449 5 7 12 n/a n/a 0 958
1998 444 489 6 6 9 n/a n/a 0 954
1999 418 522 4 12 8 n/a n/a 0 964
2000 400 509 4 3 4 n/a n/a 0 920
2001 374 535 4 3 3 n/a n/a 0 919
2002 344 513 2 10 4 n/a n/a 0 873
2003 344 513 2 10 4 n/a n/a 0 873
2004 358 519 0 9 5 n/a n/a 0 891
2005 342 498 3 8 9 n/a n/a 0 860
2006 322 529 5 7 7 n/a n/a 0 870
2007 268 555 6 10 3 n/a n/a 0 842
2008 229 574 5 15 3 n/a n/a 0 826
2009 198 575 4 17 2 n/a n/a 0 796
2010 171 565 3 24 4 n/a n/a 1 768
2011 159 614 8 17 7 0 1 0 806
2012 147 634 5 12 7 1 3 0 809
2013 136 663 4 14 8 2 10 0 837
2014 136 641 7 14 8 1 14 0 821
2015 119 577 1 21 4 4 39 0 765
2016 146 520 5 49 4 2 40 0 766
2017 163 529 3 54 2 2 50 0 803
2018 165 495 2 63 3 1 47 0 776
2019 133 506 4 69 3 2 45 0 762
2020 143 467 6 69 3 0 42 0 730
2021 144 465 7 67 5 2 35 0 725
2022 164 519 9 90 8 0 2 0 792
2023 182 521 4 88 8 0 37 0 840

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lee High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1156 58.0 19.9 0
1989 1169 65.5 17.8 n/a
1990 1151 71.5 16.0 0
1991 1080 66.5 16.2 n/a
1992 1045 62.0 16.8 n/a
1993 1024 63.5 16.1 n/a
1994 1019 66.0 15.4 n/a
1995 1008 71.1 14.2 n/a
1996 1008 71.1 14.2 n/a
1997 958 69.5 13.8 22.5
1998 954 73.5 13.0 22.5
1999 964 74.0 13.0 30.4
2000 920 68.0 13.5 32.7
2001 919 61.0 15.1 35.3
2002 873 58.8 14.8 35.4
2003 873 58.8 14.8 35.4
2004 891 58.2 15.3 38.8
2005 860 59.0 14.6 39
2006 870 61.0 14.3 41
2007 842 62.0 13.6 50
2008 826 65.5 12.6 45.9
2009 796 62.4 12.6 52.9
2010 768 60.1 12.7 59.6
2011 806 51.3 15.7 63.6
2012 809 50.5 16.0 68.4
2013 837 49.5 16.9 70.5
2014 821 47.0 17.4 76.9
2015 765 48.0 15.9 47.1
2016 766 52.0 14.7 47.5
2017 803 57.0 14.0 46.7
2018 776 51.5 15.0 76.8
2019 762 51.5 14.7 76.8
2020 730 47.0 15.5 76.7
2021 725 49.0 14.7 76.8
2022 792 46.5 17.0 76.8
2023 840 45.5 18.4 76.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lee High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1156 58.0 19.9 0
1989 1169 65.5 17.8 n/a
1990 1151 71.5 16.0 0
1991 1080 66.5 16.2 n/a
1992 1045 62.0 16.8 n/a
1993 1024 63.5 16.1 n/a
1994 1019 66.0 15.4 n/a
1995 1008 71.1 14.2 n/a
1996 1008 71.1 14.2 n/a
1997 958 69.5 13.8 22.5
1998 954 73.5 13.0 22.5
1999 964 74.0 13.0 30.4
2000 920 68.0 13.5 32.7
2001 919 61.0 15.1 35.3
2002 873 58.8 14.8 35.4
2003 873 58.8 14.8 35.4
2004 891 58.2 15.3 38.8
2005 860 59.0 14.6 39
2006 870 61.0 14.3 41
2007 842 62.0 13.6 50
2008 826 65.5 12.6 45.9
2009 796 62.4 12.6 52.9
2010 768 60.1 12.7 59.6
2011 806 51.3 15.7 63.6
2012 809 50.5 16.0 68.4
2013 837 49.5 16.9 70.5
2014 821 47.0 17.4 76.9
2015 765 48.0 15.9 47.1
2016 766 52.0 14.7 47.5
2017 803 57.0 14.0 46.7
2018 776 51.5 15.0 76.8
2019 762 51.5 14.7 76.8
2020 730 47.0 15.5 76.7
2021 725 49.0 14.7 76.8
2022 792 46.5 17.0 76.8
2023 840 45.5 18.4 76.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lee High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,764 (14.3%) $10,575 (85.7%) $12,340

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lee High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 275th of 366 High schoolsRanks 241st of 371 High schools
 10.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Mathematics (Lee High School)20.98.2
 12.7%
   End of Course Mathematics (Huntsville City)47.728.6
 19%
   End of Course Mathematics (Alabama)42.523.6
 19%
End of Course Science (Lee High School)26.419.2
 7.2%
   End of Course Science (Huntsville City)49.839.7
 10.2%
   End of Course Science (Alabama)42.631.7
 10.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students762840
 10.2%
African American506521
 3%
American Indian38
 166.7%
Asian44
Hispanic6988
 27.5%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White133182
 36.8%
Two or More Races4537
 17.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients76.8%76.7%
 0.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Lee High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 840 students attended Lee High School.

Lee High School ranks 278th of 378 Alabama high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Lee High School are 62% African American, 22% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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