Enrollment
397
Middle
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSCALOOSA COUNTY·NCES 010339002088
DavisEmerson Middle School
1500 Bulldog Blvd, Cottondale, AL 35453 · (205) 342-2750 · Tuscaloosa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% 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.
- C+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
18.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
315 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 6 | 125 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 140 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%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
36.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
9.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 DavisEmerson Middle School
DavisEmerson Middle School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DavisEmerson Middle School this school | 397 | 79.3% | 22.4% |
| Irondale Middle School Irondale | 430 | 74.7% | 21.4% |
| Montevallo Middle School Montevallo | 346 | 78.6% | 36.1% |
| Sansom Middle School Gadsden | 339 | 77.6% | 30.9% |
| CollinsRiverside Middle School Northport | 318 | 74.5% | 34.3% |
| Litchfield Middle School Gadsden | 252 | 80.2% | 17.8% |
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 DavisEmerson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Tuscaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #212 of 260 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #206 of 260 | #11 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #214 of 260 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #160 of 265 | #10 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #164 of 244 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #19 of 246 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #47 of 264 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.4% | #35 of 79 | #5 of 8 |
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
397
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 393
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 397 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 79% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 87% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 22 | 17.8:1 | 96% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 19 | 21.7:1 | 89% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 350 | 20.7 | 16.9:1 | 87% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 20 | 17.8:1 | 55% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 36 | 10.9:1 | 82% (324) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DavisEmerson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (350 to 397); teachers up 2% (20.7 to 21).
About DavisEmerson Middle School
DavisEmerson Middle School is a public middle school in Cottondale, Alabama. The school enrolls 397 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Alabama) has about 508 students.
Tuscaloosa County operates 35 schools. Combined enrollment is 19,278 students.
Enrollment at DavisEmerson Middle School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 42%. It is also 35% Hispanic and 22% White. For comparison, the population of Tuscaloosa County is roughly 31% Black. DavisEmerson Middle School has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at DavisEmerson Middle School is 21 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 18.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, lower than at this school. Around 79% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Tuscaloosa County report 54%.
allk12 grades DavisEmerson Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Alabama, DavisEmerson Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 22.4% actual against a predicted 26.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Tuscaloosa County, median household income is about $66,231, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. DavisEmerson Middle School is among the 58 public schools in Tuscaloosa County.
The next-closest public school is Cottondale Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DavisEmerson Middle School. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, DavisEmerson Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 397 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 413. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.9:1) than in 2020-21 (21.7:1).
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at DavisEmerson Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Brookwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
Other schools in Cottondale
- Paul W Bryant High SchoolHigh · 1,134 students
- Eastwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Cottondale Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
Nearby schools
- Cottondale Elementary School0.6 mi · 438
- Arcadia Elementary School2.0 mi · 418
- Holt High School2.1 mi · 456
- Eastwood Middle School2.4 mi · 711
- Paul W Bryant High School2.6 mi · 1,134
- Holt Elementary School2.7 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About DavisEmerson Middle SchoolHow many students attend DavisEmerson Middle School?
DavisEmerson Middle School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does DavisEmerson Middle School serve?
DavisEmerson Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DavisEmerson Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DavisEmerson Middle School is approximately 18.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DavisEmerson Middle School?
At DavisEmerson Middle School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 35% Hispanic, 42% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is DavisEmerson Middle School public or private?
DavisEmerson 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.