Northridge High School
2901 Northridge Rd
Tuscaloosa AL, 35406, Tuscaloosa County
Phone: 205-759-3590
Ranking: 
(232 out of 359, bottom 35%)*
(232 out of 359, bottom 35%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Tuscaloosa City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 73 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 62 | 63 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,246 | 1,242 | 1,229 | 1,226 | 1,159 | 1,198 | 1,079 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 382 | 30.7% | 362 | 29.1% | 327 | 26.6% | 342 | 27.9% | 322 | 27.8% | 330 | 27.5% | 301 | 27.9% |
| Grade 10: | 316 | 25.4% | 290 | 23.3% | 344 | 28.0% | 325 | 26.5% | 293 | 25.3% | 320 | 26.7% | 281 | 26.0% |
| Grade 11: | 265 | 21.3% | 315 | 25.4% | 303 | 24.7% | 275 | 22.4% | 292 | 25.2% | 290 | 24.2% | 266 | 24.7% |
| Grade 12: | 283 | 22.7% | 275 | 22.1% | 255 | 20.7% | 284 | 23.2% | 252 | 21.7% | 258 | 21.5% | 231 | 21.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 619 | 49.7% | 621 | 50.0% | 619 | 50.4% | 604 | 49.3% | 567 | 48.9% | 566 | 47.2% | 517 | 47.9% |
| Female: | 627 | 50.3% | 621 | 50.0% | 610 | 49.6% | 622 | 50.7% | 578 | 49.9% | 624 | 52.1% | 558 | 51.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 28 | 2.2% | 24 | 1.9% | 26 | 2.1% | 31 | 2.5% | 34 | 2.9% | 41 | 3.4% | 32 | 3.0% |
| Hispanic: | 34 | 2.7% | 25 | 2.0% | 26 | 2.1% | 20 | 1.6% | 21 | 1.8% | 24 | 2.0% | 15 | 1.4% |
| Black: | 737 | 59.1% | 738 | 59.4% | 733 | 59.6% | 742 | 60.5% | 689 | 59.4% | 703 | 58.7% | 602 | 55.8% |
| White: | 441 | 35.4% | 449 | 36.2% | 439 | 35.7% | 431 | 35.2% | 405 | 34.9% | 429 | 35.8% | 428 | 39.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 526 | 42.2% | 536 | 43.2% | 515 | 41.9% | 496 | 40.5% | 410 | 35.4% | 468 | 39.1% | 308 | 28.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 56 | 4.5% | 60 | 4.8% | 59 | 4.8% | 75 | 6.1% | 55 | 4.7% | 80 | 6.7% | 58 | 5.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.01 | 17.26 | 17.76 | 17.98 | 18.46 | 19.20 | 17.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.8% | 42.4% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 44.5% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 39.6% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 38.49% | 33.18% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 43.34% | 34.71% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 61.3% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 65.2% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 60.7% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 56.51% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 75.34% | 70.98% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 54.5% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 58.2% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.5% | 54.4% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 47.17% | 47.45% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 67.91% | 55.38% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 54.9% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 60.1% | 55.7% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 52.7% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.32% | 51.66% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 50% | 57.81% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 64.71% | 63.88% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.84% | 78.53% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.83% | 88.01% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.18% | 90.18% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.27% | 87.3% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 77.6% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 78.5% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 83% | 74.1% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.59% | 74.96% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.42% | 69.16% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.14% | 72.46% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.11% | 63.32% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.44% | 65.51% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.62% | 52.14% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84% | 74.5% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 85% | 77% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 81.1% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.47% | 77.57% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.17% | 75.75% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.55% | 72.59% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.15% | 66.18% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.08% | 74.85% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.76% | 64.76% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90% | 82.9% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 84.3% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 76.4% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.64% | 75.58% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.08% | 76.76% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.51% | 69.5% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.49% | 71.18% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.96% | 75.72% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.39% | 65.29% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 73.9% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 74.4% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 73.1% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.07% | 73.12% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.08% | 71.73% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.62% | 61.21% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 69.9% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 80% | 69% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 63.8% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.83% | 61.29% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.89% | 60.51% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.83% | 64.87% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 66.89% | 57.02% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.21% | 63.75% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.62% | 53.09% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.71% | 88.63% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.51% | 94.94% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.42% | 95.74% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 97% | 89.4% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 90% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 92.2% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.36% | 81.91% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.85% | 90.54% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.09% | 93.39% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.63% | 89.12% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.19% | 83.9% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.17% | 80.85% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 90.6% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 93.6% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.6% | 96.5% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.18% | 84.75% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.31% | 93.23% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.64% | 95.55% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 93.37% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.38% | 93.72% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.86% | 89.05% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.5% | 91.6% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 92.7% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 95.1% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.18% | 83.51% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.77% | 93.04% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.31% | 90.44% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.94% | 91.65% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.74% | 88.49% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.07% | 87.72% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 87.1% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 90.4% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 93.6% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.27% | 81.74% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.93% | 89.61% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.67% | 90.08% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 86% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 89.5% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 88.8% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.09% | 80.5% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.63% | 87.68% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.94% | 89.77% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 84.71% | 81.29% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 83.63% | 81.57% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.48% | 83.31% | 89.74% |
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* Northridge High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.