Verner Elementary School

Verner Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, part of Tuscaloosa City. Current enrollment sits at 608 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% bigger than the state mean of about 480.

Within Tuscaloosa City, which oversees 19 schools and 11,230 students, Verner Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Verner Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Verner Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tuscaloosa County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Verner Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.6%; this one delivers 71.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Tuscaloosa County put median household earnings sit near $66,231, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Verner Elementary School is one of 58 public schools in Tuscaloosa County (combined enrollment of about 30,508 students).

Northridge High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Verner Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Verner Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 7% since 2018, when it stood at 570 (now 608).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.