Total enrollment
19,278
+512 (+3%) vs SY 2020-21
36 schools in Tuscaloosa County
Alabama · 19,278 students · 11 cities
Public-school families inside Tuscaloosa County pick from 36 schools serving the district's roughly 19,278 K-12 students (19 elementary, 9 middle, and 7 high).
4-year change in Tuscaloosa County
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
35
+1 (+3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Tuscaloosa County ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Alabama | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #92 of 127 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 19,278 | #9 of 143 | #421 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 35 | #7 of 143 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #84 of 143 | #7,288 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 51.8% | #99 of 143 | #3,903 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #24 of 127 | #1,459 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Tuscaloosa County
State test results across the district's 32 scored schools run from Westwood Elementary School at 69.0% proficient to Holt High School at 10.1%, a gap of 58.9 points. That is the 11th widest gap among 92 Alabama districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 34 district schools that reported both years went from 18,635 to 18,778 students (up 1%) and from 1,001 to 1,093 full-time teachers (up 9%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Tuscaloosa County
As a medium-population district in Alabama, Tuscaloosa County educates 19,278 students across 36 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Tuscaloosa County is built around 19 elementary, 9 middle, 7 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment climbed 3%: 18,766 students in SY 2020-21 versus 19,278 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Tuscaloosa County gained 1 school, going from 34 to 35.
On allk12, the community for Tuscaloosa County discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.