Echols Middle School

Echols Middle School operates as a moderately sized intermediate school in Northport, Alabama, operated by Tuscaloosa County. Current enrollment sits at 738 students spanning grades 7 through 8. That puts it 45% larger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

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

Demographically, Echols Middle School reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 29% Black, 20% Hispanic. By comparison, Tuscaloosa County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Echols Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.9%; this one delivers 37.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Tuscaloosa County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,231 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Echols Middle School is one of 58 public schools in Tuscaloosa County (combined enrollment of about 30,508 students).

Lloyd Wood Education Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Echols Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.6%.

Echols Middle School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Echols Middle School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 729 (now 738). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 67% to 47%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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