Enrollment
318
Middle
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSCALOOSA COUNTY·NCES 010339001289
CollinsRiverside Middle School
1400 3rd St, Northport, AL 35476 · (205) 342-2680 · Tuscaloosa County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% 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.
- B+Beats 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
17.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
237 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 5 | 173 | 54% |
| Grade 6 | 145 | 46% |
Student demographics
64%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
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
23.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
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 CollinsRiverside Middle School
CollinsRiverside Middle School's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CollinsRiverside Middle School this school | 318 | 74.5% | 34.3% |
| Fox Run School Opelika | 392 | 74.5% | 44.3% |
| Sansom Middle School Gadsden | 339 | 77.6% | 30.9% |
| Daleville Middle School Dalevile | 302 | 73.2% | 30.7% |
| Chapman Middle School Huntsville | 315 | 77.5% | 15.4% |
| Ronald McNair 78 Huntsville | 390 | 77.4% | 16.6% |
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 CollinsRiverside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Tuscaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #169 of 260 | #8 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #135 of 260 | #7 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #186 of 260 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #200 of 265 | #12 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #94 of 244 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #33 of 246 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #63 of 264 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.7% | #11 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
318
-154 (-33%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 772
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 318 | 18.3 | 17.4:1 | 75% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 19.3 | 16.2:1 | 88% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 17.3 | 19.3:1 | 88% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 22 | 21.4:1 | 71% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 26.5 | 20.6:1 | 66% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 25 | 21.0:1 | 59% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 43 | 12.7:1 | 58% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 35 | 11.2:1 | 37% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 772 | 39 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CollinsRiverside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (545 to 318); teachers down 31% (26.5 to 18.3).
About CollinsRiverside Middle School
CollinsRiverside Middle School is a small middle-grades school based in Northport, Alabama. Enrollment totals 318 students across grades 5 through 6. On average, middle schools in Alabama enroll around 508, and this school is 37% below that mark.
Tuscaloosa County enrolls 19,278 students in 35 schools, including CollinsRiverside Middle School.
Black students make up 49% of enrollment at CollinsRiverside Middle School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic and 24% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Tuscaloosa County's population at about 31%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
Classroom staffing at CollinsRiverside Middle School totals 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1. That is in line with the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Federal data show 75% of students (237) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in Tuscaloosa County.
On the allk12 Grade, CollinsRiverside Middle School lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Alabama public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for CollinsRiverside Middle School is +4.5 points: 34.3% actual, 29.8% predicted.
In the wider Tuscaloosa County area, median household income comes to about $66,231, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Tuscaloosa County's 58 public schools enroll about 30,508 students and include CollinsRiverside Middle School.
Matthews Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from CollinsRiverside Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around CollinsRiverside Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 31.3%, lower than CollinsRiverside Middle School's 34.3%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 318 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 472. The ratio was 21.4:1 in 2020-21 and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- 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
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Other schools in Northport
- Tuscaloosa County High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Echols Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
- Northport Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 535 students
- Northport Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Matthews Elementary School0.1 mi · 401
- Lloyd Wood Education Center1.1 mi · 205
- Echols Middle School1.2 mi · 738
- Central Elementary School1.4 mi · 291
- Westlawn Middle School1.5 mi · 568
- Crestmont Elementary School1.5 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About CollinsRiverside Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at CollinsRiverside Middle School?
CollinsRiverside Middle School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades 05-06.
Is CollinsRiverside Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
CollinsRiverside Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does CollinsRiverside Middle School have?
CollinsRiverside Middle School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at CollinsRiverside Middle School?
Student demographics at CollinsRiverside Middle School are roughly 24% White, 25% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is CollinsRiverside Middle School public or private?
CollinsRiverside 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.