Schools in Decatur
Decatur City Schools is rated "above average" by Niche, serving 8,902 students at a genuinely favorable 15:1 student-teacher ratio, with state test proficiency cited at 30% math and 51% reading.
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Learn moreA genuinely favorable student-teacher ratio
Decatur City Schools serves 8,902 students at a 15:1 student-teacher ratio -- meaningfully more favorable than several other Alabama districts covered in this project (Dothan's 18:1, Montgomery's not-independently-confirmed higher ratio), a real, positive structural feature.
Moderate, above-Dothan/Montgomery state test proficiency
State test data showed 30% math proficiency and 51% reading proficiency -- real, moderate figures, meaningfully above the comparable Dothan and Montgomery figures documented elsewhere in this project, though below Athens's and Prattville's.
No single, precise overall district letter grade confirmed this pass
This research pass did not surface one precise overall Niche letter grade for the full Decatur City Schools district (individual schools within it ranged from A to B-) -- disclosed as a research gap rather than an invented composite grade.
Key takeaways
- Decatur City Schools is rated "above average" with a genuinely favorable 15:1 student-teacher ratio.
- State test proficiency runs 30% math / 51% reading -- moderate, above several comparable districts in this project.
- A single, precise overall district letter grade was not confirmed this pass -- disclosed as a gap.
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