Robert C Hatch High School

Robert C Hatch High School is a tight-knit multi-level school in Uniontown, Alabama, run under Perry County. The school educates 402 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 673.

Perry County runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 815 students. Robert C Hatch High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Robert C Hatch High School lists that nearly all students (99%) are Black. By comparison, Perry County as a whole is about 71% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Robert C Hatch High School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Robert C Hatch High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.4%, the actual is 16.6%, a residual of -3.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Perry County) reports that median household income runs about $37,654, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Robert C Hatch High School is one of 3 public schools in Perry County (combined enrollment of about 1,190 students).

Nearest neighbor: Amelia L Johnson High School, around 13.2 miles off. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Robert C Hatch High School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 38%: 644 students in 2018 compared to 402 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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