Huntsville High School (Alabama)

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Coordinates34°42′49″N 86°35′01″W / 34.7137°N 86.5835°W / 34.7137; -86.5835
TypePublic
Motto"Altiora Docendo" (Higher things must be taught)
School districtHuntsville City Schools
Huntsville High School
Location
2304 Billie Watkins St SW

Huntsville, Alabama
35801

United States
Coordinates34°42′49″N 86°35′01″W / 34.7137°N 86.5835°W / 34.7137; -86.5835
Information
TypePublic
Motto"Altiora Docendo" (Higher things must be taught)
School districtHuntsville City Schools
CEEB code011485
PrincipalKari Flippo
Staff103.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,807 (2024-2025)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.54[1]
ColorsCardinal and blue
  
SloganGo Big Red (GBR)
AthleticsAHSAA Class 7A
NicknameHHS
Team nameHuntsville Panthers
Websitewww.huntsvillecityschools.org/schools/huntsville-high-school

Huntsville High School is an American public high school in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama in the Huntsville metropolitan area. It is part of the Huntsville City Schools district with approximately 1,850 students currently enrolled in grades 9–12.[2]

The school is located at the intersection of Bob Wallace Avenue (formerly 13th Street West) and Billie Watkins Street.

In 1975, Huntsville High School was awarded the 34th National Bellamy Flag Award which each year honored a U.S. high school that excelled in teaching the ideals of the Pledge of Allegiance. The award was named for Pledge of Allegiance author Francis Bellamy.

In 2014, the school constructed its Freshman Academy on-site, intended to facilitate students' transition from middle school to high school and in which the majority of its freshman classes take place. The school offers 15 Advanced Placement courses alongside preparatory courses for industry certification.[2]

The school's principal, as of the 2023 school year, is Kari Flippo.[2]

In 2025, Huntsville High School was ranked 14 among the top 20 high schools in Alabama.[3]

Huntsville High School competes at the 7A classification of the AHSAA and uses the Panther nickname for all team sports. Huntsville High sponsors varsity-level athletics in the following sports:

Men's athletics Women's athletics
FootballFlag football
BasketballBasketball
BaseballSoftball
WrestlingCheerleading
Cross countryCross country
Track and fieldTrack and field
TennisTennis
GolfGolf
Marching bandMarching band
SoccerSoccer
Swimming and divingSwimming and diving
BowlingBowling
Ice hockeyVolleyball
Football home and band uniforms

Huntsville High currently supplies one team to the Huntsville Amateur Hockey Association's high school league.[4] The Huntsville Panthers have won AHSAA state championship events in baseball, boys' cross country, girls' cross country, girls' volleyball, girls' soccer, girls' indoor track and field, girls' outdoor track and field, boys' swimming and diving, girls' swimming and diving, boys' tennis, and girls' tennis, in addition to gymnastics state championships in the 1980s[when?] (discontinued by the AHSAA in 1998), as well as several cheerleading state championships in the late 1990s[when?] before the AHSAA sponsored the sport.[citation needed]

As of November 1, 2012[needs update], the Huntsville High Lady Panther volleyball team had won the AHSAA state title 10 times out of 11 years, losing only one year in the semifinals to Pelham High School. The Huntsville High girls' cross country team placed second in the state meet in 2014[5] and won the 7A state championship in 2016.[6]

Notable alumni

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