Chestnut Grove Elementary School

Chestnut Grove Elementary School is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in Decatur, Alabama, operated by Decatur City, with 436 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Decatur City runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 8,902 students. Chestnut Grove Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Chestnut Grove Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Black, 26% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at Chestnut Grove Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Chestnut Grove Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.6%; this one delivers 44.7%.

Around the school, census data for Morgan County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,845 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chestnut Grove Elementary School is one of 46 public schools in Morgan County (combined enrollment of about 20,204 students).

Austin Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chestnut Grove Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chestnut Grove Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

Chestnut Grove Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 432 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 51% to 35% across the same window.

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