DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL

As a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in DECATUR, Arkansas, DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL works with 173 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by DECATUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 510.

DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by DECATUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 613 students overall.

On the student-mix side, DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 39% White, 12% Asian, 4% Pacific Islander, 2% Black. By comparison, Benton County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Benton County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 16.4%, a residual of -6.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Benton County shows median household income runs about $93,506, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Benton County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), of which DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is DECATUR MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 162 students in 2018 compared to 173 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 52% to 39%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.