Decatur High School

Decatur High School is one of the middle-of-the-pack high schools in Decatur, Alabama, overseen by Decatur City, with 915 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 34% larger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Decatur High School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 31% White, 25% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, On paper, Decatur High School has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Decatur High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Decatur High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.0%; this one delivers 30.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Morgan County) shows that median household income runs about $68,845, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Morgan County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,204 students), of which Decatur High School is one.

The closest other public school is Decatur High Developmental, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Decatur High School. On composite proficiency, Decatur High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Decatur High School has shrank 12%, going from 1,036 students in 2018 to 915 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 24% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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