School district · Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
Tuscaloosa County in Alabama: 36 public schools with 19,278 students and 17.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,187 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 36
- Students
- 19,278
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- AL 17.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,187
- AL $13.6K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,119
- Counselors (FTE)
- 47.0
- Students per counselor
- 410
- AL 400 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 37.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alabama's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Alabama: 60%55%proficient
+4.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 59% of school districts in Alabama
Median 59% · 151 school districts compared
8,272 students tested, grades 3–8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alabama: 35%27%proficient
+1.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 64% of school districts in Alabama
Median 32% · 151 school districts compared
8,287 students tested, grades 3–8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 13% · $35.6M
- State
- 60% · $165.4M
- Local
- 27% · $73.8M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $6,679
- Support services
- $4,589
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $13.2M
- Long-term debt
- $95.5M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Big Sandy ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 522 | 17.9 | 62% | 33% |
Brookwood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 631 | 20.2 | 59% | 37% |
Buhl Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 206 | 13.6 | — | 46% |
Cottondale Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 438 | 17.5 | 42% | 18% |
Crestmont Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 268 | 13.4 | 42% | 25% |
Englewood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 522 | 18.6 | 56% | 20% |
FaucettVestavia Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 343 | 14.9 | 84% | 42% |
Flatwoods Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 459 | 14.4 | 55% | 26% |
Holt Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 448 | 17.3 | 36% | 14% |
| 3–4 | 377 | 18.1 | 72% | 55% | |
Lake View Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 744 | 17.9 | 58% | 33% |
Matthews Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 401 | 15.3 | 36% | 22% |
Maxwell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 511 | 15.8 | 64% | 39% |
Myrtlewood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 280 | 14.0 | 71% | 40% |
| Pre-K–2 | 558 | 14.7 | — | — | |
Taylorville Primary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 578 | 18.6 | — | — |
Vance Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 451 | 14.9 | 51% | 28% |
| Pre-K–5 | 743 | 16.0 | 72% | 54% | |
Westwood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 299 | 13.7 | 77% | 65% |
Brookwood Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 738 | 19.9 | 44% | 11% |
CollinsRiverside Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–6 | 318 | 17.4 | 46% | 24% |
DavisEmerson Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 397 | 18.9 | 36% | 9.4% |
Duncanville Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 460 | 21.9 | 53% | 24% |
Echols Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 738 | 17.6 | 56% | 19% |
Hillcrest Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 542 | 19.4 | 40% | 11% |
| 5–6 | 500 | 19.7 | 76% | 37% | |
Northside Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 394 | 16.8 | 58% | 26% |
Sipsey Valley Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 575 | 20.4 | 58% | 26% |
Brookwood High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,076 | 18.2 | — | — |
Hillcrest High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,434 | 18.2 | — | — |
Holt High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 456 | 16.3 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 535 | 18.1 | — | — | |
Sipsey Valley High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 524 | 17.5 | — | — |
Tuscaloosa County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,607 | 17.8 | — | — |
Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Detention CenterAlternative | 7–12 | — | — | — | — |
Lloyd Wood Education CenterSpecial educationFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 205 | 9.8 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 2314 9th St, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
- Phone
- (205)758-0411
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.