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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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
402
-242 (-38%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 18.1:1
% Black
99%
was 100%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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.