Hartselle High School

Hartselle High School is one of the sizable four-year high schools in Hartselle, Alabama, part of Hartselle City, with 1,027 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 51% above the state mean of about 682.

Hartselle High School is one of 6 schools operated by Hartselle City, a district that educates 3,683 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hartselle High School lists that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Morgan County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Hartselle High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Morgan County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hartselle High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 64.5%; this one comes in at 44.4%, -20.1 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Morgan County put median household earnings sit near $68,845, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Morgan County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,204 students), Hartselle High School is one campus in the mix.

FE Burleson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hartselle High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.6%.

Hartselle High School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 1,008 students in 2018 compared to 1,027 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.