FaucettVestavia Elementary School

Located at 1150 Vestavia Circle, in Northport, Alabama, FaucettVestavia Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary campus that caters to 343 students (grades pre-K through 4), operated by Tuscaloosa County. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so FaucettVestavia Elementary School sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 35 schools in Tuscaloosa County (19,278 students total), FaucettVestavia Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, FaucettVestavia Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 29% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Tuscaloosa County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 47% of students at FaucettVestavia Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FaucettVestavia Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tuscaloosa County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,231 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tuscaloosa County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,508 students), of which FaucettVestavia Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Echols Middle School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FaucettVestavia Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FaucettVestavia Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FaucettVestavia Elementary School has ticked down 24%, going from 451 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 24% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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