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Eastwood Middle School

Q: Is Eastwood Middle School a good school?

Eastwood Middle School ranks in the bottom 14.1% of Alabama middle schools.

Q: How many students attend Eastwood Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 711 students attended Eastwood Middle School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Eastwood Middle School?

Students at Eastwood Middle School are 83% African American, 8% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Q: What high school do graduates of Eastwood Middle School attend?

Students who attend Eastwood Middle School usually go on to attend Paul W Bryant High School

Public Grades 6-8

377^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 439 Alabama Middle Schools

Better than 14% of Alabama middle schools

Summary

Eastwood Middle School is a public middle school located in Cottondale, Alabama, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 722 students. The school is part of the Tuscaloosa City School District, which is ranked 80 out of 135 districts in Alabama and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Unfortunately, Eastwood Middle School has consistently been ranked in the bottom quarter of Alabama middle schools, ranking between 330-377 out of around 430-440 schools over the past 10 years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Eastwood Middle School significantly underperforms compared to the Tuscaloosa City School District and the state of Alabama in academic assessments. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 14.47% of 6th graders, 5.29% of 7th graders, and 4.82% of 8th graders were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 27.28% and 33.97% for the district and state, respectively. The school also lags behind in English and Science assessments. Additionally, Eastwood Middle School has had high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.7% to 23.6% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Interestingly, Eastwood Middle School's performance is significantly lower than that of other middle schools in the Tuscaloosa area, such as Northridge Middle School and Tuscaloosa Magnet School Middle, which consistently rank in the top 10-15% of Alabama middle schools and have much higher academic proficiency rates. The high percentage of students from low-income families, as indicated by the free and reduced-price lunch rate, may be a significant factor contributing to the school's underperformance. Addressing these challenges could be crucial in helping Eastwood Middle School improve and provide a better educational experience for its students.

711

Students ?

18.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,557

Per pupil spending ?

71.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6314 Mary Harmon Bryant Drive
Cottondale, AL 35453

(205) 759-3613

District: Tuscaloosa City

Students who attend Eastwood Middle School usually attend:

High:

Paul W Bryant High School

Feeder schools for Eastwood Middle School:

Elementary:	Arcadia Elementary School
	Skyland Elementary School
	Southview Elementary School
	Woodland Forrest Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

83.0%

Hispanic:

8.4%

White:

5.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 23rd percentile in 2015 → 14th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (21% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

District avg36%

Alabama avg42%

377^th of 439

Alabama public middle schools ?

Bottom 14%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 23% (2015) to bottom 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 4Middle Schools in the Tuscaloosa City

80^th of 135Tuscaloosa City among Alabama districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	377 of 439	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	366 of 442	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.5	355 of 437	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.5	345 of 432	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.6	344 of 440	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	344 of 437	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	342 of 423	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.3	353 of 432	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.8	341 of 432	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.4	330 of 430	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	25.3	344 of 438	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	39.6	327 of 436	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	32.6	324 of 436	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	19.3	373 of 435	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	14.2	387 of 435	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	33.8	309 of 425	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	34.6	302 of 417	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	22.1	349 of 412	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	31.4	307 of 409	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	42.0	260 of 415	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2004	29.7	314 of 407	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	30.7	185 of 259	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.8	154 of 269	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.9	129 of 263	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.3	132 of 271	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.4	122 of 266	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.7	126 of 252	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	38.7	136 of 247	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	35.6	136 of 205	33.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	59.3	28 of 117	76.1%	★★★★☆
2024	49.9	32 of 106	69.8%	★★★★☆
2023	59.4	23 of 94	75.5%	★★★★☆
2022	41.7	41 of 81	49.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	17.7	356 of 415	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	348 of 426	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	324 of 417	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	343 of 423	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.2	302 of 415	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.1	312 of 399	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	318 of 392	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.6	310 of 380	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	47.0	75 of 173	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	30.0	117 of 164	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.5	124 of 166	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.8	126 of 157	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	43.6	76 of 154	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.3	47 of 124	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.8	58 of 113	48.7%	★★★☆☆
2017	31.5	74 of 108	31.5%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2018	10.9	23 of 23	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	21.3	355 of 428	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.1	368 of 437	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	335 of 410	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.1	339 of 421	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.2	304 of 415	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.6	316 of 396	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.2	333 of 396	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	23.7	289 of 349	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	359 of 422	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	358 of 428	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	354 of 419	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.2	347 of 427	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.9	343 of 418	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.0	325 of 399	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.3	337 of 397	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.3	325 of 380	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	2.7	43 of 43	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.1	32 of 32	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	36.9	39 of 66	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.3	51 of 69	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.5	44 of 61	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.5	50 of 65	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	44.6	125 of 271	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	24.3	249 of 281	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.4	165 of 281	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	56.3	78 of 256	69.5%	★★★★☆
2021	59.1	68 of 274	75.2%	★★★★☆
2019	48.2	114 of 254	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	28.2	170 of 223	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	28.3	151 of 195	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	37.1	240 of 377	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.6	303 of 373	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.4	270 of 370	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.5	285 of 376	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.5	197 of 369	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.1	120 of 343	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	22.4	282 of 331	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	43.8	113 of 247	54.3%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)76th percentile+62 vs school

Hispanic (2025)57th percentile+43 vs school

Special Education (2025)54th percentile+40 vs school

Native American (2025)41st percentile+27 vs school

White (2025)36th percentile+22 vs school

African American (2025)29th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)15th percentile~ school

Female (2025)14th percentile~ school

Homeless (2018)<1st percentile-19 vs school

Military Connected (2025)<1st percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English34%-22 vs state

Science20%-22 vs state

Mathematics8%-19 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)				Summative Assessment Science (2025)	Summative Assessment English (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Summative Assessment English 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Eastwood Middle School	Public	6-8	6314 Mary Harmon Bryant Drive	Cottondale	35453	Tuscaloosa County	Tuscaloosa City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 759-3613	711	38	18.9	71.4%	36 (5.1%)	590 (83.0%)	60 (8.4%)	9 (1.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.7%)	16.4	377^th of 439 public middle schools	14.1%		17.6	366^th of 442 public middle schools	17.2%	11		14.5	5.3	4.8	19.7		34.5	30.4	36.4	$10,557	$1,768	$8,769
DavisEmerson Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 Bulldog Blvd	Cottondale	35453	Tuscaloosa County	Tuscaloosa County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 342-2750	397	21	18.9	79.3%	87 (21.9%)	165 (41.6%)	137 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	19.2	361^st of 439 public middle schools	17.8%		24.8	338^th of 442 public middle schools	23.5%	23		13.5	7.1	7.6	21.5		28.8	38.4	40.6	$9,532	$2,028	$7,480
Duncanville Middle School	Public	6-8	11205 Eagle Parkway	Duncanville	35456	Tuscaloosa County	Tuscaloosa County	No	No	No	No	(205) 342-2830	460	21	21.9	48.9%	238 (51.7%)	176 (38.3%)	34 (7.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	49.7	210^th of 439 public middle schools	52.2%		54.5	181^st of 442 public middle schools	59.0%	29		26.7	21.1	22.6	42.3		50.3	54.9	52.9	$8,738	$1,009	$7,706
Hillcrest Middle School	Public	6-8	401 Hillcrest School Rd	Tuscaloosa	35405	Tuscaloosa County	Tuscaloosa County	No	No	No	No	(205) 342-2820	542	28	19.3	58.7%	80 (14.8%)	424 (78.2%)	24 (4.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	22.6	342^nd of 439 public middle schools	22.1%		26.4	334^th of 442 public middle schools	24.4%	8		12.4	12.2	8.9	20.1		40.5	41.8	37.6	$8,185	$843	$7,319
Tuscaloosa Magnet School Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	315 Mcfarland Blvd E	Tuscaloosa	35404	Tuscaloosa County	Tuscaloosa City	No	Yes	No	No	(205) 759-3653	173	11	16.4	30.1%	66 (38.2%)	89 (51.4%)	4 (2.3%)	12 (6.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	96.6	9^th of 439 public middle schools	97.9%		98.3	4^th of 442 public middle schools	99.1%	5		60.3	60.0	52.8	69.8		87.9	95.0	90.6	$12,744	$57	$12,668
Westlawn Middle School	Public	6-8	1715 Martin L King Jr Blvd	Tuscaloosa	35401	Tuscaloosa County	Tuscaloosa City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 759-3673	568	38	14.9	87.9%	7 (1.2%)	488 (85.9%)	61 (10.7%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	14.7	382^nd of 439 public middle schools	13.0%		12.8	391^st of 442 public middle schools	11.5%	9		8.5	5.6	5.1	20.5		28.2	35.2	31.9	$13,988	$3,689	$10,279
Northridge Middle School	Public	6-8	3811 Northridge Road	Tuscaloosa	35406	Tuscaloosa County	Tuscaloosa City	No	No	No	No	(205) 759-3578	775	49	15.8	39.1%	381 (49.2%)	281 (36.3%)	67 (8.6%)	28 (3.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.9%)	72.1	95^th of 439 public middle schools	78.4%		73.3	87^th of 442 public middle schools	80.3%	8		38.5	37.9	38.4	58.0		55.7	56.9	66.8	$9,554	$693	$8,841
CollinsRiverside Middle School	Public	5-6	1400 3rd St	Northport	35476	Tuscaloosa County	Tuscaloosa County	No	No	No	No	(205) 342-2680	318	18	17.4	74.5%	75 (23.6%)	156 (49.1%)	80 (25.2%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)								(n/a)	23.9	23.1				50.0	40.0			$8,444	$849	$7,571
Echols Middle School	Public	7-8	2701 Echols Ave	Northport	35476	Tuscaloosa County	Tuscaloosa County	No	No	No	No	(205) 342-2884	738	42	17.5	55.1%	350 (47.4%)	212 (28.7%)	151 (20.5%)	9 (1.2%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.8%)	51.5	199^th of 439 public middle schools	54.7%		46.2	230^th of 442 public middle schools	48.0%	31			20.2	18.3	39.1			58.9	52.3	$6,871	$719	$6,063
Brookwood Middle School	Public	6-8	17021 Brookwood Parkway	Vance	35490	Tuscaloosa County	Tuscaloosa County	No	No	No	No	(205) 342-2748	738	37	19.9	48.8%	530 (71.8%)	118 (16.0%)	70 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.6%)	27.1	323^rd of 439 public middle schools	26.4%		25.5	337^th of 442 public middle schools	23.8%	14		15.4	9.2	10.3	25.3		38.9	45.8	47.3	$6,930	$795	$6,111

Frequently Asked Questions about Eastwood Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Eastwood Middle School?

Students at Eastwood Middle School are 83% African American, 8% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What district is Eastwood Middle School in?

Tuscaloosa City

How many students attend Eastwood Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 711 students attended Eastwood Middle School.

Is Eastwood Middle School a good school?

Eastwood Middle School ranks in the bottom 14.1% of Alabama middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Eastwood Middle School attend?

Students who attend Eastwood Middle School usually go on to attend Paul W Bryant High School

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