📍 2701 Echols Ave, Northport, Tuscaloosa County, 35476
Echols Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Northport, Tuscaloosa County. The school has 878 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tuscaloosa County school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
Echols Middle School enrolls 878 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 31% Black or African American and 19% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 416 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 275 | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 169 | 19% |
| Asian | 9 | 1% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
563 of the school's 878 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Echols Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-40.
Echols Middle School is one of 36 schools in Tuscaloosa County, based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The district serves 19,278 students district-wide and employs 1,036 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 878 students, Echols Middle School is larger than the district average of about 536 students per school.
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