CollinsRiverside Middle School

CollinsRiverside Middle School is one of the intimate intermediate schools in Northport, Alabama, run under Tuscaloosa County, with 318 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 37% smaller than typical.

CollinsRiverside Middle School is one of 35 schools operated by Tuscaloosa County, a district that teaches 19,278 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CollinsRiverside Middle School shows that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 25% Hispanic, 24% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, CollinsRiverside Middle School reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tuscaloosa County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CollinsRiverside Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.8%; this one delivers 34.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Tuscaloosa County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,231 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. CollinsRiverside Middle School is one of 58 public schools in Tuscaloosa County (combined enrollment of about 30,508 students).

Nearest neighbor: Matthews Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CollinsRiverside Middle School. On composite proficiency, CollinsRiverside Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. CollinsRiverside Middle School's enrollment has edged down 42% since 2018, when it stood at 545 (now 318). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 10% to 25%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.