Maxwell Elementary School

Set in Duncanville, Alabama, Maxwell Elementary School is an average-sized elementary-level community, operated by Tuscaloosa County. It caters to 511 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Tuscaloosa County, which oversees 35 schools and 19,278 students, Maxwell Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Maxwell Elementary School lists that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Maxwell Elementary School logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tuscaloosa County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Maxwell Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tuscaloosa County shows 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%. In all, Tuscaloosa County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,508 students), of which Maxwell Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Duncanville Middle School, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Maxwell Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 531 students in 2018 compared to 511 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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