An equity score of 59/100 ranks Decatur City #45 of 146 districts in Alabama (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,764 per pupil, Decatur City ranks #30 of 146 Alabama districts by per-pupil spending (Alabama districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
8,745
Total Enrollment
18
Schools
$13,764
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Decatur City operates 18 public schools serving 8,745 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Alabama. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 combined, 3 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Morgan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,764 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 146 Alabama districts by per-pupil spending. See how Alabama compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.5% local, 47.0% state, and 13.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 59/100, ranked #45 of 146 in Alabama against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 18 schools offering Advanced Placement (31 AP courses district-wide), a 361.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 34.7% Hispanic or Latino, 29.1% African American, 28.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Chestnut Grove Elementary School, with a diversity index of 73.0/100.
Its largest campus is Austin High School, enrolling 999 students (12% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Decatur High Developmental, at 37 students, a 27x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Decatur City school enrollment varies 27× across entities
Decatur City school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 999 students (highest), a spread of 962 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Decatur City student-counselor ratio is 361:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Decatur City chronic absenteeism rate is 19.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Decatur City is typically wider than the Decatur City-aggregate figure suggests.
Decatur City has 18 schools, including 3 high, 2 middle, 11 combined, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 8,745 students.
How much does Decatur City spend per student?
Decatur City spends $13,764 per student. The district has an equity score of 59/100, ranking #45 in Alabama.
What is the demographic composition of Decatur City?
Decatur City students are 34.7% Hispanic or Latino, 29.1% African American, 28.3% White, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 18 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Decatur City?
Decatur City has an equity score of 59/100, ranking #45 out of 146 districts in Alabama.