Northside High School

Northside High School is one of the compact 9-12 campuss in Northport, Alabama, operated by Tuscaloosa County, with 535 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Northside High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Tuscaloosa County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Northside High School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at Northside High School qualify 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%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Northside High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 56.1%; actual is 33.4%, a gap of -22.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Tuscaloosa County shows median household income runs about $66,231, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Tuscaloosa County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,508 students), Northside High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northside Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northside High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Northside High School's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 469 (now 535). Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 6% across the same window.

On allk12, the feed for Northside High School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.