Decatur Jr Sr High School

As a moderately sized high school in DECATUR, Michigan, Decatur Jr Sr High School teaches 399 students from grades 6 through 12, part of Decatur Public Schools.

Decatur Public Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 755 students; Decatur Jr Sr High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Decatur Jr Sr High School shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Decatur Jr Sr High School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Van Buren County) reports that median household earnings sit near $68,114, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Van Buren County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,850 students), Decatur Jr Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Davis Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 76%: 227 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 19% to 23%.

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