Harvest School, Harvest AL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Harvest School

Harvest School sits in a fast-growing, car-dependent corner of Madison County, Alabama, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The community of Harvest itself is an unincorporated census-designated place with no downtown or town center. Subdivisions, strip retail, and two-lane roads define the landscape, and most residents commute to jobs in nearby Madison or Huntsville. The area has seen sustained residential construction over decades, with new homes and expanding retail along the main corridors. That growth has brought more families and more students, but the texture remains suburban sprawl rather than a walkable neighborhood.

The school enrolls a mid-sized student body for an elementary school. The student population is made up of a mix of racial and ethnic backgrounds, with Black students and white students each representing a substantial share of enrollment, Hispanic students comprising a smaller but notable share, and a modest portion of students identifying as two or more races. A significant majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, which signals that a large number of families in the attendance zone are working with lower household incomes.

On state assessments in reading and math, the picture is mixed. In English language arts across grades three through five, more than half of students scored at the proficient level, a result that places this school’s overall performance in the bottom tier among districts in Madison County. In math, the proficiency rate was lower, with roughly a third of students meeting the bar at each tested grade. Science results, available for fourth grade only, fell into a similar range. A parent considering the school will want to understand how the school supports math achievement in particular and whether the instructional approach matches their child’s needs. The single-year snapshot does not allow for a trend comparison, so there is no way to tell from this data whether performance is improving or declining.

Program offerings for elementary grades, such as enrichment, gifted services, or arts, were not listed in the available data. The district brief turned up no recent policy changes, curriculum shifts, or facility plans that would affect day-to-day experience at Harvest. That does not mean nothing is happening, simply that nothing surfaced in what was publicly reported and searchable.

Housing in the Harvest zip code carries a cost well above the statewide median, though still below the national figure. Rents are moderate relative to local incomes. For families looking to buy, the price-to-income ratio is slightly elevated, which is typical for a suburban community that has seen heavy new-home construction. Mortgage rates at the time of this writing were around the national average, and the area’s unemployment rate was low, consistent with the broader regional economy anchored by Huntsville’s tech and manufacturing base, including a large Mazda Toyota plant that opened a few years ago.

Harvest School is a regular public elementary school, not a charter or magnet. It operates under the Madison County district. The school’s location on Wall Triana Highway places it on one of the main routes through the community, a short drive from many of the subdivisions where its students live. Parents who value a traditional elementary setting in a growing suburb, who are comfortable with the commute patterns of the area, and who want to engage directly with the school around math support will find this a straightforward fit. Those who place a high premium on strong early math proficiency or who want a dense array of specialized elementary programs may want to ask the school directly about what is offered beyond the core curriculum.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 53% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 54% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 49% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 74% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 455%

School 55% · District 70% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 74% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Science

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 54% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

This schoolMadison County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income67%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income48%Higher-income67%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income32%Higher-income41%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income36%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income21%Higher-income45%24 pp gap