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Enrollment
402
Combined
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY COUNTY·NCES 010267001577
Robert C Hatch High School
470 West Avenue, Uniontown, AL 36786 · (334) 628-4061 · Perry County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
352 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 3% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 39% smaller than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
24.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
14.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Robert C Hatch High School
Robert C Hatch High School's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert C Hatch High School this school | 402 | 87.6% | 16.6% |
| Francis Marion School Marion | 413 | 82.3% | 19.4% |
| Marengo High School Dixons Mills | 223 | 86.5% | 24.8% |
| The Pathway Mobile | 396 | 84.1% | 12.3% |
| Autaugaville School Autaugaville | 255 | 78.8% | 16.7% |
| Notasulga High School Notasulga | 258 | 78.3% | 17.9% |
Matched among Alabama K-12 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 Robert C Hatch High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #61 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #51 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #61 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #46 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #18 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.0% | #60 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #1 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.6% | #2 of 37 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
402
-104 (-21%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 402 | 25.5 | 15.8:1 | 88% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 24.5 | 16.9:1 | 88% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 88% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 90% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 35.5 | 18.1:1 | 91% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 73% (524) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 99% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 95% (387) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 23 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert C Hatch High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (644 to 402); teachers down 28% (35.5 to 25.5).
About Robert C Hatch High School
Robert C Hatch High School is a low-enrollment combined-grade school in Uniontown, Alabama. Students in pre-K through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 402 students. For comparison, combined schools in Alabama average about 673 students.
Perry County operates 2 schools. Combined enrollment is 815 students.
Robert C Hatch High School's enrollment is 99% Black. That is higher than the 71% Black share among all Perry County residents. The school's diversity index is 2%, meaning two students picked at random have a 2% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 15.8:1 comes from the school's 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.1 students per teacher below the 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 88% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for Robert C Hatch High School is D. Compared with Alabama public K-12 schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 20.4%. Robert C Hatch High School scores 16.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Perry County, the median household income is $37,654, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Robert C Hatch High School is one of 3 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Robert C Hatch High School is Amelia L Johnson High School, about 13.2 miles away. The nearest schools with test data average 22.8%, higher than Robert C Hatch High School's 16.6%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 104 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 17.4:1 to 15.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Robert C Hatch High School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Perry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,031
Census ACS
Median income
$37,654
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
1,190 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Amelia L Johnson High School13.2 mi · 142
- Breakthrough Charter School15.5 mi · 375
- Salem Elementary School16.4 mi · 155
- Francis Marion School16.7 mi · 413
- Greensboro Elementary School18.4 mi · 519
- George P Austin Junior High School18.6 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About Robert C Hatch High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Robert C Hatch High School?
Robert C Hatch High School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Robert C Hatch High School serve?
Robert C Hatch High School serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Robert C Hatch High School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Robert C Hatch High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Robert C Hatch High School?
At Robert C Hatch High School, the student body is approximately 99% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Robert C Hatch High School in?
Robert C Hatch High School is part of Perry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.