Decatur High Developmental

Decatur High Developmental, a minimally staffed four-year high school in Decatur, Alabama, part of Decatur City, serves 37 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 95% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Decatur City runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 8,902 students. Decatur High Developmental is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Decatur High Developmental shows that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 30% Hispanic, 24% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Roughly 76% of students at Decatur High Developmental qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Morgan County (around 56%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, Morgan County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,845, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Decatur High Developmental is one of 46 public schools in Morgan County (combined enrollment of about 20,204 students).

Nearest neighbor: Decatur High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Decatur High Developmental's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 36 (now 37). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 6% to 30% over that span.

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