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Northside High School

19230 Northside Parkway, Northport, AL 35475 · (205) 342-2755 · Tuscaloosa County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Alabama public high schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-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 high schools

Enrollment
535
High
DISTRICT 939 · STATE 682
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
205 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 915529%
Grade 1013225%
Grade 1110620%
Grade 1214227%
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
48991%
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
326%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
112%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
27151%
Female
26449%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
30.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
28.4%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

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 Northside High School

Northside High School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Northside High School this school53538.3%33.4%
Good Hope High School
Cullman
48539.2%23.3%
Ranburne High School
Ranburne
52639.2%38.9%
Holtville High School
Deatsville
55539.5%42.4%
Rogers High School
Florence
51036.5%32.0%
West Point High School
Cullman
59141.5%26.9%
Matched among Alabama high 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 Northside High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlabamaIn Tuscaloosa County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
33.4%#107 of 305#2 of 9
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
28.4%#82 of 305#2 of 9
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
30.7%#152 of 305#2 of 9
Enrollment
ranked largest first
535#156 of 319#7 of 9
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.1:1#216 of 307#5 of 9
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
16.1%#271 of 307#9 of 9
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
38.3%#266 of 317#8 of 9
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+14.1%#47 of 130#3 of 8
Ranked against other public high 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.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
535
+89 (+20%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2553529.518.1:138% (205)
2023-2451727.518.8:147% (244)
2022-2349427.517.9:150% (249)
2020-214462617.1:137% (167)
2017-1846926.617.6:134% (158)
2015-164492418.7:129% (131)
2010-114302914.8:139% (169)
2000-015453615.1:132% (172)
1990-914102615.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 14% (469 to 535); teachers up 11% (26.6 to 29.5).

About Northside High School

Northside High School is a low-enrollment high school found in Northport, Alabama. The school had 535 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in Alabama is about 682, so this school runs 22% smaller than that.

Northside High School is one of the 35 schools that make up Tuscaloosa County (19,278 students in total).

About 91% of the student body at Northside High School is White. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic and 2% Black. That compares with about 60% White among all Tuscaloosa County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school reports 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.1 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 38%. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Tuscaloosa County, the school's rate is lower.

Northside High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Alabama public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

The BeatsExpectations model predicts 56.1% for Northside High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 33.4%. The 22.7-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools.

According to the American Community Survey, in Tuscaloosa County, the median household income is $66,231, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 58 public schools in Tuscaloosa County, enrolling about 30,508 students in all.

The nearest public school is Northside Middle School, at about 0.3 miles. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Northside High School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.

Northside High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.

Enrollment grew 20% from its 2020-21 level of 446.

The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.

Tuscaloosa County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Northside High School
District
Tuscaloosa County
Address
19230 Northside Parkway, Northport, AL 35475
Phone
(205) 342-2755
County
Tuscaloosa County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
535
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
18.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
205 (38%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
010339001287
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Northside High. Northside High School is the 8th largest of the 10.

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Frequently asked questions

About Northside High School
What is the total enrollment at Northside High School?
Northside High School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Northside High School serve?
Northside High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Northside High School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Northside High School.
What is the student diversity at Northside High School?
Student demographics at Northside High School are roughly 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Northside High School in?
Northside High School is part of Tuscaloosa County.
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