Priceville Junior High School

Priceville Junior High School, a mid-sized middle-grades school in Decatur, Alabama, overseen by Morgan County, educates 483 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

Morgan County runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,619 students. Priceville Junior High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Priceville Junior High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Morgan County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Morgan County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Priceville Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.7%, the actual is 68.1%, a residual of +12.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Morgan County indicate median household income runs about $68,845, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Priceville Junior High School is one of 46 public schools in Morgan County (combined enrollment of about 20,204 students).

Nearest neighbor: Priceville Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Priceville Junior High School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 33.1%.

Priceville Junior High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Priceville Junior High School has held roughly steady, going from 481 students in 2018 to 483 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 91% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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