West Decatur Elementary School

West Decatur Elementary School is an elementary school of tight-knit scale in Decatur, Alabama, operated by Decatur City, educateing 407 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, West Decatur Elementary School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%; the rest comes out to 19% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, West Decatur Elementary School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 81% of students at West Decatur Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Morgan County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, West Decatur Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Morgan County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,845 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West Decatur Elementary School is one of 46 public schools in Morgan County (combined enrollment of about 20,204 students).

BanksCaddell Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, West Decatur Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

West Decatur Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Decatur Elementary School has grew 35%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 407 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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