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What's the most underrated thing about Northport Intermediate School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
500
Middle
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSCALOOSA COUNTY·NCES 010339002517
Northport Intermediate School
13688 Frankie Thomas Trace, Northport, AL 35475 · (205) 342-2690 · Tuscaloosa County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Alabama public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
220 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 251 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 249 | 50% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
76.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
36.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Northport Intermediate School
Northport Intermediate School's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northport Intermediate School this school | 500 | 44.0% | 56.5% |
| Sipsey Valley Middle School Buhl | 575 | 46.4% | 42.9% |
| Jasper Junior High School Jasper | 467 | 50.3% | 52.6% |
| Leeds Middle School Leeds | 452 | 50.9% | 40.7% |
| Maddox Intermediate School Jasper | 643 | 50.4% | 58.7% |
| Moody Middle School Moody | 573 | 46.8% | 52.3% |
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Northport Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Tuscaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #58 of 260 | #2 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #74 of 260 | #3 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #35 of 260 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #114 of 265 | #8 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #192 of 244 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #82 of 246 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #205 of 264 | #10 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 500 | 25.4 | 19.7:1 | 44% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 22.4 | 20.9:1 | 46% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 48% (212) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northport Intermediate School.
About Northport Intermediate School
Federal records list Northport Intermediate School as a middle school in Northport, Alabama. The student body numbers 500 students, from grades 5 through 6.
Northport Intermediate School sits within Tuscaloosa County, which has 35 schools and 19,278 students.
White students account for 60% of enrollment at Northport Intermediate School. Other groups include 20% Black and 17% Hispanic. County-wide, about 60% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Northport Intermediate School comes in at 56%.
Teachers at the school number 25.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.7:1. Among middle schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. The school's lunch program data list 44% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Tuscaloosa County, the school's rate is lower.
Northport Intermediate School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of Alabama public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Northport Intermediate School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.5% is 4.5 points above the 52.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Tuscaloosa County show that median household income is about $66,231, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 58 public schools operate in Tuscaloosa County, serving about 30,508 students.
Nearest public school: Northport Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 4. On average proficiency, Northport Intermediate School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
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Tuscaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
237,552
Census ACS
Median income
$66,231
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
30,508 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tuscaloosa County
- Tuscaloosa County High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Hillcrest High SchoolHigh · 1,434 students
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Lake View Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Brookwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
Other schools in Northport
- Tuscaloosa County High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Echols Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
- Northport Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 535 students
- Flatwoods Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Northport Elementary School0.1 mi · 558
- Tuscaloosa County High School0.2 mi · 1,607
- Huntington Place Elementary School1.2 mi · 377
- Flatwoods Elementary School4.5 mi · 459
- FaucettVestavia Elementary School5.0 mi · 343
- Crestmont Elementary School5.4 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About Northport Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northport Intermediate School?
Northport Intermediate School enrolls approximately 500 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Northport Intermediate School serve?
Northport Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Northport Intermediate School?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Northport Intermediate School.
What is the student diversity at Northport Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Northport Intermediate School are roughly 60% White, 17% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Northport Intermediate School in?
Northport Intermediate School is part of Tuscaloosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.