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How has Hatton High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
536
High
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE COUNTY·NCES 010204000780
Hatton High School
6909 Al Highway 101, Town Creek, AL 35672 · (256) 685-4010 · Lawrence County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Alabama public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
255 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 93 | 17% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
9.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-30.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hatton High School
Hatton High School's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatton High School this school | 536 | 47.6% | 19.4% |
| Flomaton High School Flomaton | 559 | 47.9% | 41.4% |
| Reeltown High School Notasulga | 495 | 47.5% | 35.0% |
| New Hope High School New Hope | 598 | 48.3% | 46.3% |
| Deshler High School Tuscumbia | 488 | 46.7% | 33.5% |
| Lawrence County High School Moulton | 586 | 50.3% | 16.6% |
Matched among Alabama high 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 Hatton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #214 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #232 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #170 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #154 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #163 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #131 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #215 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.2% | #12 of 130 |
Ranked against other public high 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
536
+107 (+25%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 536 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 48% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 32.5 | 16.1:1 | 60% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 33.5 | 16.2:1 | 60% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 24 | 17.9:1 | 35% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 47% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 20 | 20.6:1 | 51% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 46% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 26% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 397 | 17 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hatton High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (418 to 536); teachers up 48% (21 to 31).
About Hatton High School
Hatton High School is a high school in Town Creek, Alabama, according to federal school records. Students in grades 7 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 536 students. The school's enrollment is 21% smaller than the 682 average for high schools in Alabama.
Lawrence County has 4,676 students in 12 schools, and Hatton High School is one of those schools.
Hatton High School is 69% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 14% Black, 12% Native American, and 3% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.3:1, with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Hatton High School is 48%. For comparison, public schools in Lawrence County average 57%.
Measured against Alabama public high schools, Hatton High School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 19.4%, is 30.0 points below the 49.4% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
Lawrence County has these Census figures: the median household income is $66,071, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lawrence County is home to 14 public schools and about 4,676 public school students.
Hatton Elementary School is located about 0.2 miles from Hatton High School. The ten-mile area around Hatton High School holds 6 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Hatton High School ranks 8th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 536 students in 2024-25, 107 more than the 429 it had in 2020-21.
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Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,276
Census ACS
Median income
$66,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,676 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence County
- Moulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Lawrence County High SchoolHigh · 586 students
- East Lawrence Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Moulton Middle SchoolMiddle · 505 students
- Hatton Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- East Lawrence Middle SchoolMiddle · 409 students
Other schools in Town Creek
- Hatton Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Hazlewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Hatton Elementary School0.2 mi · 424
- Hazlewood Elementary School8.3 mi · 221
- Mount Hope8.8 mi · 117
- Lawrence County High School8.9 mi · 586
- Moulton Elementary School9.2 mi · 695
- Moulton Middle School9.3 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Hatton High SchoolHow large is Hatton High School?
Hatton High School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Hatton High School serve?
Hatton High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Hatton High School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Hatton High School.
What is the student diversity at Hatton High School?
Student demographics at Hatton High School are roughly 69% White, 3% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Hatton High School in?
Hatton High School is part of Lawrence County.
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