About Tuscaloosa County School District
Tuscaloosa County School District is a public school system serving Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, based in Tuscaloosa. It serves 19,278 students across 36 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #9 largest of Alabama’s 153 school systems.
Size and structure
Tuscaloosa County School District enrolls 19,278 students in 36 schools — an average of about 536 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #9 of 153 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Tuscaloosa County School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (19,278 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Tuscaloosa County School District employs about 1,119 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 17.2:1 — below the Alabama average of about 17.4:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 1,908.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Alabama funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Tuscaloosa County School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Alabama rates every district on an A–F report card built from ACAP test proficiency, academic growth, graduation rate, chronic absenteeism and college-and-career readiness. Look up Tuscaloosa County School District on the Alabama Report Card.
Accreditation status
Most Alabama systems are accredited through Cognia (formerly AdvancED/SACS), the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Tuscaloosa County School District in the free Cognia registry.
Tuscaloosa County School District vs. Alabama
See every Alabama district side by side in the Alabama directory.
Look up Tuscaloosa County School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):