NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools AL

Best-Resourced Schools in Tuscumbia, AL

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7 public K-12 schools in Tuscumbia from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
2,709
Students
43.7/100
Avg Resource Index
16.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Tuscumbia has more public-school enrollment than 24% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Tuscumbia sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Tuscumbia's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 28-point gap between New Bethel Elementary School and G W Trenholm Primary School shows the range hidden by Tuscumbia's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 76%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
64th percentile
Teacher staffing
37th percentile

Deshler High School accounts for 18.0% of all Tuscumbia public-school enrollment

That concentration means Tuscumbia-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Tuscumbia school enrollment varies 3.1× across entities

Tuscumbia school enrollment ranges from 159 students (lowest) to 488 students (highest), a spread of 329 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Tuscumbia student-teacher ratio is 16.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Tuscumbia is typically wider than the Tuscumbia-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. New Bethel Elementary School 59
2. Deshler Middle School 51
3. R E Thompson Intermediate School 46
4. Deshler High School 42
5. Colbert Heights High School 41
6. Colbert Heights Elementary School 36
7. G W Trenholm Primary School 31

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Tuscumbia

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 G W Trenholm Primary School 55.8/100
  2. 2 R E Thompson Intermediate School 55.6/100
  3. 3 Deshler High School 53.0/100
  4. 4 Deshler Middle School 52.1/100
  5. 5 Colbert Heights Elementary School 21.5/100

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Which Tuscumbia school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

New Bethel Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Tuscumbia schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Tuscumbia, AL? ▼

Tuscumbia has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,709 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.