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Decatur City

Decatur, Alabama · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

8,902
Students enrolled
21
Public schools
595
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 350
  • Kindergarten 733
  • Grade 1 703
  • Grade 2 722
  • Grade 3 680
  • Grade 4 622
  • Grade 5 663
  • Grade 6 624
  • Grade 7 640
  • Grade 8 628
  • Grade 9 649
  • Grade 10 662
  • Grade 11 665
  • Grade 12 561

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 37%
  • Black or African American 29%
  • White 27%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Asian 1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,666 of 8,902 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 63%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$15,311 spent per student on day-to-day operations Alabama median: $13,726 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,792
  • Support services $5,722
  • Other (food service, etc.) $797

Where the money comes from

  • Local 37%
  • State 49%
  • Federal 14%

Total revenue $164.9 milliontotal spending $161.7 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Small

Total staff (FTE)

1,054

District office

212 4th Ave SE, Decatur AL 35601

County

Morgan County

Official website

NCES District ID

101170

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About Decatur City

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Mission of Decatur City Schools is to provide an innovative learning community committed to academic excellence and meeting the unique needs of every individual.
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