Brookwood High School

Brookwood High School, a sizable high school in Brookwood, Alabama, part of Tuscaloosa County, teaches 1,076 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 58% bigger than typical.

Within Tuscaloosa County, which oversees 35 schools and 19,278 students, Brookwood High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Brookwood High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Black, 11% Hispanic. By comparison, Tuscaloosa County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Brookwood High School has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Tuscaloosa County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Brookwood High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 51.5%; this one comes in at 22.6%, -28.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tuscaloosa County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $66,231 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tuscaloosa County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,508 students), of which Brookwood High School is one.

Brookwood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Brookwood High School. On composite proficiency, Brookwood High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 1,000 students in 2018 compared to 1,076 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 72% across the same window.

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