BanksCaddell Elementary School

Located at 211 Gordon Dr SE, in Decatur, Alabama, BanksCaddell Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that educates 477 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Decatur City.

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

Demographically, BanksCaddell Elementary School shows that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Black, 12% White, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 77% of students at BanksCaddell Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Morgan County (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, BanksCaddell Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.4%; this one delivers 30.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Morgan County) reports that median household earnings sit near $68,845, 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), BanksCaddell Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Decatur Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BanksCaddell Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BanksCaddell Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 473 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 19% to 12% across the same window.

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