Prattville Junior High School

Prattville Junior High School is one of the well-populated middle-grades schools in Prattville, Alabama, one of the schools within Autauga County, with 928 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Prattville Junior High School sits 83% above that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Autauga County (8,888 students total), Prattville Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Prattville Junior High School records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Prattville Junior High School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 40% of students at Prattville Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Prattville Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Autauga County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,481, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Autauga County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,888 students), of which Prattville Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Prattville High School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prattville Junior High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Prattville Junior High School's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,002 (now 928). The White share of enrollment fell from 63% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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