Austin Middle School

Austin Middle School, a reasonably sized middle school in Decatur, Alabama, part of Decatur City, works with 727 students, covering grades 6 through 7. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 43% bigger than typical.

Within Decatur City, which oversees 19 schools and 8,902 students, Austin Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Austin Middle School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Black, 21% White, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Morgan County's rate of about 56%.

After controlling for student poverty, Austin Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Morgan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,845 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Morgan County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,204 students), Austin Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chestnut Grove Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Austin Middle School. On composite proficiency, Austin Middle School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Austin Middle School has declined 4%, going from 755 students in 2018 to 727 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 46% to 21%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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