Virgil Grissom High School
Huntsville, AL · High School · Grades 9-12
Virgil Grissom High School is a high school in Huntsville, AL with 1,974 students enrolled and a 43% proficiency rate. Part of Huntsville City. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Virgil Grissom High School is a high school located in Huntsville, Alabama. The school serves 1,974 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 43% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 76% graduation rate.
43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Virgil Grissom High School is part of the Huntsville City in Alabama. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Virgil Grissom High School has 1,974 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Huntsville City (553 students). Its 43% proficiency rate is 5 percentage points below the district average of 49%. Compared to the Alabama state average of 45%, the school performs 2 points lower. The 21.0:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Virgil Grissom High School has 1,974 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1.
According to EDFacts data, 43% of students at Virgil Grissom High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Virgil Grissom High School has a 76% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Virgil Grissom High School is part of the Huntsville City in Huntsville, Alabama. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.