School district · Alabama
Decatur City
Decatur City in Alabama: 21 public schools with 8,902 students and 15.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,321 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 8,902
- Students per teacher
- 15.0
- AL 17.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $15,321
- AL $13.6K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 595
- Counselors (FTE)
- 26.0
- Students per counselor
- 342
- AL 400 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 17.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alabama's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Alabama: 60%54%proficient
+5.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 64% of school districts in Alabama
Median 59% · 151 school districts compared
3,692 students tested, grades 3–8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alabama: 35%31%proficient
+5.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 54% of school districts in Alabama
Median 32% · 151 school districts compared
3,775 students tested, grades 3–8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 14% · $23.5M
- State
- 49% · $80.4M
- Local
- 37% · $61M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,803
- Support services
- $5,722
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $21.5M
- Long-term debt
- $204M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Austinville Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 463 | 16.3 | 58% | 37% |
BanksCaddell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 477 | 16.7 | 43% | 21% |
Benjamin Davis Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 251 | 13.4 | — | — |
Chestnut Grove Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 436 | 13.4 | 60% | 35% |
Eastwood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 272 | 15.3 | 68% | 55% |
Frances Nungester Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 428 | 16.2 | 47% | 28% |
Julian Harris Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 349 | 15.5 | 77% | 43% |
Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 297 | 17.2 | 91% | 78% |
Oak Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 481 | 13.5 | 30% | 17% |
Walter Jackson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 251 | 14.9 | 70% | 50% |
West Decatur Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 407 | 16.6 | 33% | 27% |
Woodmeade Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 361 | 15.0 | 55% | 28% |
Austin Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–7 | 727 | 14.7 | 50% | 28% |
Decatur Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 818 | 16.0 | 47% | 19% |
Austin High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 999 | 16.4 | — | — |
Austin Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 8–9 | 664 | 14.0 | 47% | 17% |
| 9–12 | 269 | 10.0 | — | — | |
Career Technical CenterCareer and technicalFree meals for all | 9–12 | — | — | — | — |
Decatur High DevelopmentalSpecial educationFree meals for all | 9–12 | 37 | — | — | — |
Decatur High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 915 | 13.9 | — | — |
Long Term CaseAlternative | K–12 | — | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 212 4th Ave SE, Decatur, AL 35601
- Phone
- (256)552-3000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.