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Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

DavisEmerson Middle School, Cottondale, AL

CEP schoolDavisEmerson Middle School is a public middle school in Cottondale, part of Tuscaloosa County Public Schools. It enrolled 397 students in 2024-25, with 18.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
397
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Students per teacher
18.9
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.7 higher than the district figure of 17.2. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.9
District17.2
Alabama17.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1500 Bulldog Blvd, Cottondale, AL 35453
Phone
(205)342-2750
District
Tuscaloosa County Public Schools
County
Tuscaloosa County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
010339002088
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
315
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
31579.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
315Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Tuscaloosa County Public Schools

Middle schools elsewhere in Cottondale

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.