J U Blacksher School

J U Blacksher School, an average-sized all-grades campus in Uriah, Alabama, part of Monroe County, instructs 747 students, covering grades pre-K through 12.

Within Monroe County, which oversees 7 schools and 2,963 students, J U Blacksher School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, J U Blacksher School records that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Native American, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Monroe County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, J U Blacksher School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 38.6%, a residual of -6.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household income runs about $42,292, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. J U Blacksher School is one of 9 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 2,963 students).

Huxford Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, J U Blacksher School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J U Blacksher School has rose 4%, going from 716 students in 2018 to 747 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 77% to 61% over that span.

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