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Enrollment
483
Middle
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORGAN COUNTY·NCES 010248001871
Priceville Junior High School
311 Highway 67 South, Decatur, AL 35603 · (256) 355-5104 · Morgan County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% 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.
- ABeats 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
18.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
188 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 5 | 131 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 135 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 123 | 25% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
84.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
53.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Priceville Junior High School
Priceville Junior High School's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priceville Junior High School this school | 483 | 38.9% | 68.1% |
| Arab Junior High School Arab | 563 | 43.2% | 71.9% |
| Hartselle Junior High School Hartselle | 553 | 35.1% | 64.8% |
| Hartselle Intermediate School Hartselle | 522 | 34.9% | 74.4% |
| Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle Grant | 376 | 35.1% | 42.9% |
| Gulf Shores Middle School Gulf Shores | 591 | 34.0% | 65.1% |
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 Priceville Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #21 of 260 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #27 of 260 | #2 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #11 of 260 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #118 of 265 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #147 of 244 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #219 of 246 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #222 of 264 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #77 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
483
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
+35% since 2010-11, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 483 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 39% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 25.4 | 20.1:1 | 43% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 25.9 | 20.4:1 | 40% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 23 | 22.4:1 | 30% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 22.7 | 21.2:1 | 30% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 341 | 16 | 21.3:1 | 33% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 35% (126) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Priceville Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (481 to 483); teachers up 15% (22.7 to 26).
About Priceville Junior High School
Federal records list Priceville Junior High School as a middle-grades school in Decatur, Alabama. Classes run from 5 through 8, and the school has 483 students.
Morgan County has 7,619 students spread across 16 schools.
Most students at Priceville Junior High School are White: 87% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Morgan County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is higher. Priceville Junior High School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Priceville Junior High School's 26 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.6:1. Middle schools in Alabama have a similar average ratio of 17.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 39%. The rate at public schools in Morgan County averages 56%, higher than here.
Measured against Alabama public middle schools, Priceville Junior High School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Priceville Junior High School would be expected to post about 55.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 68.1%.
Morgan County has about 124,471 residents, and median household income is about $68,845, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Morgan County number 46 and enroll about 20,204.
Priceville Elementary School is the public school closest to Priceville Junior High School, about 1.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. On average proficiency, Priceville Junior High School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 483 was 6% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 514. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 18.6:1, from 22.4:1.
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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 Morgan County
- Albert P Brewer High SchoolHigh · 757 students
- Priceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 674 students
- West Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- West Morgan Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Priceville High SchoolHigh · 506 students
- DanvilleNeel Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Decatur Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Austin Junior High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- Priceville High SchoolHigh · 506 students
Nearby schools
- Priceville Elementary School1.2 mi · 674
- Priceville High School1.6 mi · 506
- Eastwood Elementary School4.4 mi · 272
- Walter Jackson Elementary School4.9 mi · 251
- FE Burleson Elementary School5.0 mi · 452
- Hartselle High School5.1 mi · 1,027
Frequently asked questions
About Priceville Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Priceville Junior High School?
Priceville Junior High School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Priceville Junior High School serve?
Priceville Junior High School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Priceville Junior High School?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Priceville Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Priceville Junior High School?
At Priceville Junior High School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Priceville Junior High School in?
Priceville Junior High School is part of Morgan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.