It is part of the Huntsville City Schools district with approximately 1,850 students currently enrolled in grades 9–12.

[2] The school's current principal as of the 2023 school year is Kari Flippo and its current assistant principals are Mark Fleetwood and Lauren Woltjen.

[2] Huntsville High School competes at the 7A classification of the AHSAA and uses the Panther nickname for all team sports.

(discontinued by the AHSAA in 1998), as well as several cheerleading state championships in the late 1990s[when?]

[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.