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Alumni: what's one memory from Brookwood Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
738
Middle
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSCALOOSA COUNTY·NCES 010339001540
Brookwood Middle School
17021 Brookwood Parkway, Vance, AL 35490 · (205) 342-2748 · Tuscaloosa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL738 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Alabama public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
360 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 227 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 269 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 33% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
11.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brookwood Middle School
Brookwood Middle School's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookwood Middle School this school | 738 | 48.8% | 27.3% |
| Sipsey Valley Middle School Buhl | 575 | 46.4% | 42.9% |
| Moody Middle School Moody | 573 | 46.8% | 52.3% |
| Smiths Station Junior High School Smiths Station | 910 | 43.7% | 39.8% |
| Saraland Middle SchoolAdams Campus Saraland | 789 | 44.9% | 74.1% |
| Rehobeth Elementary School Rehobeth | 590 | 53.2% | 67.4% |
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brookwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Tuscaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #196 of 260 | #9 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #197 of 260 | #9 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #194 of 260 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 738 | #50 of 265 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #199 of 244 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #139 of 246 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #185 of 264 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #89 of 151 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
738
-56 (-7%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 798
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 19.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 738 | 37 | 19.9:1 | 49% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 783 | 38 | 20.6:1 | 67% (521) |
| 2022-23 | 796 | 39 | 20.4:1 | 65% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 794 | 40 | 19.9:1 | 59% (466) |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 37 | 21.9:1 | 51% (413) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 35 | 22.5:1 | 46% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 798 | 58 | 13.8:1 | 55% (439) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (812 to 738); teachers unchanged (37 to 37).
About Brookwood Middle School
Brookwood Middle School is the name of a medium-sized middle school in Vance, Alabama. A federal count lists 738 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Alabama is about 508, so this school runs 45% bigger than that.
Federal data list 35 schools in Tuscaloosa County, with 19,278 students enrolled.
Brookwood Middle School is 72% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 16% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 60% White among all Tuscaloosa County residents. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 19.9:1 comes from the school's 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. The lunch program counts 49% of students at Brookwood Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Brookwood Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Brookwood Middle School are 21.2 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.3%, compared with a predicted 48.5%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Census estimates describe Tuscaloosa County this way: the median household income is $66,231, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides Brookwood Middle School, Tuscaloosa County has 57 other public schools.
Vance Elementary School is the closest public school, about 3.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Brookwood Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
NCES assigns Brookwood Middle School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Brookwood Middle School dropped 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 794 to 738 students.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Tuscaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
237,552
Census ACS
Median income
$66,231
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
30,508 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tuscaloosa County
- Tuscaloosa County High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Hillcrest High SchoolHigh · 1,434 students
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Lake View Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Echols Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
Other Brookwood Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Brookwood Middle. Brookwood Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Brookwood Middle SchoolGlenwood, IL · 231 students
- Brookwood MiddleGenoa City, WI · 213 students
Nearby schools
- Vance Elementary School3.5 mi · 451
- Brookwood High School3.6 mi · 1,076
- Brookwood Elementary School3.8 mi · 631
- Woodstock Elementary School8.4 mi · 324
- DavisEmerson Middle School10.0 mi · 397
- Lake View Elementary School10.2 mi · 744
Frequently asked questions
About Brookwood Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brookwood Middle School?
Brookwood Middle School enrolls approximately 738 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Brookwood Middle School serve?
Brookwood Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brookwood Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brookwood Middle School is approximately 19.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Brookwood Middle School?
Brookwood Middle School reports a student body of 72% White, 9% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Brookwood Middle School public or private?
Brookwood Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tuscaloosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.