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Enrollment
553
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARTSELLE CITY·NCES 010173000598
Hartselle Junior High School
904 Sparkman Street, Hartselle, AL 35640 · (256) 773-5426 · Morgan County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Alabama public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
194 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 262 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 53% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hartselle Junior High School→Hartselle High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hartselle City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
76.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
48.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hartselle Junior High School
Hartselle Junior High School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartselle Junior High School this school | 553 | 35.1% | 64.8% |
| Hartselle Intermediate School Hartselle | 522 | 34.9% | 74.4% |
| Gulf Shores Middle School Gulf Shores | 591 | 34.0% | 65.1% |
| North Jefferson Middle School Kimberly | 669 | 34.8% | 50.6% |
| Priceville Junior High School Decatur | 483 | 38.9% | 68.1% |
| Corner Middle School Warrior | 437 | 35.2% | 47.2% |
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hartselle Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #32 of 260 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #41 of 260 | #3 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #36 of 260 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #95 of 265 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #29 of 244 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #209 of 246 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #228 of 264 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.1% | #36 of 79 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
553
+47 (+9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 553 | 36.8 | 15.0:1 | 35% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 35.2 | 16.1:1 | 37% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 33.2 | 15.9:1 | 38% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 23% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 29% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 28% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 770 | 53 | 14.5:1 | 28% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 739 | 44 | 16.8:1 | 18% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 39 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hartselle Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (489 to 553); teachers up 32% (28 to 36.8).
About Hartselle Junior High School
A mid-sized middle school in Hartselle, Alabama, Hartselle Junior High School is part of Hartselle City. The school runs grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 553 students.
Hartselle Junior High School belongs to Hartselle City, a district of 6 schools and 3,683 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Hartselle Junior High School is White, at 86%. It is also 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. Morgan County's residents are about 74% White, 13 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hartselle Junior High School scores 25%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. The school has 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama is 2.9 students per teacher. In all, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points below the 56% average for public schools in Morgan County.
Among Alabama public middle schools, Hartselle Junior High School outscored 87%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 58.5% at Hartselle Junior High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.8%.
For the population of Morgan County, median household income comes to about $68,845, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Morgan County counts 46 public schools with about 20,204 students.
Hartselle Junior High School is about 0.3 miles from Hartselle Intermediate School, its nearest public school. Hartselle Junior High School has 7 other public schools within five miles. Hartselle Junior High School's average proficiency of 64.8% compares with 63.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Hartselle Junior High School as Town: Fringe.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 9%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.4 to 15.0 over 4 years.
Hartselle Junior High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,471
Census ACS
Median income
$68,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
20,204 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hartselle City
- Hartselle High SchoolHigh · 1,027 students
- Crestline Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Hartselle Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- FE Burleson Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Barkley Bridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
Other schools in Hartselle
- Hartselle High SchoolHigh · 1,027 students
- Crestline Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Hartselle Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- FE Burleson Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Barkley Bridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Morgan County Learning CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Hartselle Intermediate School0.3 mi · 522
- Crestline Elementary School0.9 mi · 710
- Barkley Bridge Elementary School1.5 mi · 419
- Hartselle High School1.5 mi · 1,027
- FE Burleson Elementary School1.6 mi · 452
- Falkville High School4.9 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Hartselle Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hartselle Junior High School?
Hartselle Junior High School enrolls approximately 553 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Hartselle Junior High School serve?
Hartselle Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hartselle Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hartselle Junior High School is approximately 15.0:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hartselle Junior High School?
Student demographics at Hartselle Junior High School are roughly 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Hartselle Junior High School?
Hartselle Junior High School is overseen by Hartselle City in Morgan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.