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Decatur City

A public school district in Decatur, Alabama, with 21 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

8,902
Students enrolled
595
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,054
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,832
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 8,902 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,025th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 19th of 153 in Alabama. Larger than 94% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,832 in fiscal year 2023
More than 43% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Decatur City spent $14,832 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,026 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Decatur City spent $14,832 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,026 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$14,832$129.7 million8,745
FY2022$13,764$119.5 million8,679
FY2021$12,195$107.1 million8,781
FY2020$11,836$104.7 million8,842
FY2019$11,406$99.2 million8,699
FY2018$10,825$94.6 million8,738
FY2017$10,151$88.8 million8,746
FY2016$9,961$86.6 million8,693
FY2015$9,926$85.4 million8,600
FY2014$10,240$88.1 million8,606
FY2013$10,259$86.4 million8,418
FY2012$9,897$84.7 million8,554
FY2011not reported$87.0 millionnot reported
FY2010$10,043$87.9 million8,753
FY2009$9,914$87.5 million8,821
FY2008$9,919$88.5 million8,918
FY2007$9,027$80.9 million8,965
FY2006$8,640$77.6 million8,977
FY2005$8,026$71.0 million8,845

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Decatur City by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$20.5 million13.4%
State$72.4 million47.3%
Local$60.1 million39.3%
Total$152.9 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

21 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Decatur City
SchoolStudents
Austin High School999
Austin Junior High School664
Austin Middle School727
Austinville Elementary School463
BanksCaddell Elementary School477
Benjamin Davis Elementary School251
Career Academies of Decatur269
Career Technical Center
Chestnut Grove Elementary School436
Decatur High Developmental37
Decatur High School915
Decatur Middle School818
Eastwood Elementary School272
Frances Nungester Elementary School428
Julian Harris Elementary School349
Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary School297
Long Term Case
Oak Park Elementary School481
Walter Jackson Elementary School251
West Decatur Elementary School407
Woodmeade Elementary School361

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
0101170

Elsewhere

Sources

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