Hartselle Junior High School

Hartselle Junior High School is one of the mid-sized 6-8 campuss in Hartselle, Alabama, part of Hartselle City, with 553 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.

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

Demographically, Hartselle Junior High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Morgan County (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hartselle Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Morgan County) shows that 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. Hartselle Junior High School is one of 46 public schools in Morgan County (combined enrollment of about 20,204 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hartselle Intermediate School, around 0.3 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hartselle Junior High School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

Hartselle Junior High School operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Hartselle Junior High School's enrollment has ticked up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 553). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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