Elementary · Alabama
Benjamin Davis Elementary School
Free meals for allBenjamin Davis Elementary School, a public elementary school in Decatur, Alabama: grades pre-k–2, 251 students, 13.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Decatur City.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 251
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.7
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- Grades
- Pre-K–2
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 16.9 · 697 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 87% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 468 · 702 schools compared
Smaller than 81% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–2
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Decatur City
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Decatur City.
Location
- Address
- 417 Monroe Dr NW, Decatur, AL 35601
- Phone
- (256)552-3025
- City or town
- Decatur
- County
- Morgan County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 297 | 17.2 |
West Decatur Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 407 | 16.6 |
BanksCaddell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 477 | 16.7 |
Woodmeade Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 361 | 15.0 |
Oak Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 481 | 13.5 |
Julian Harris Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 349 | 15.5 |
Sources
- 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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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