Huntington Place Elementary School

Set in Northport, Alabama, Huntington Place Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary campus, run under Tuscaloosa County. It serves 377 students across grades 3 through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 480.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Huntington Place Elementary School lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Black, 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Huntington Place Elementary School records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Tuscaloosa County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Huntington Place Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.9%; this one delivers 60.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tuscaloosa County) reports that median household earnings sit near $66,231, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Tuscaloosa County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,508 students), Huntington Place Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Tuscaloosa County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Huntington Place Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

Huntington Place Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 565 students in 2018 compared to 377 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 86% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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