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Decatur High Developmental School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
910 Somerville Road Se
Decatur, AL 35601
Phone
(256) 552-3008
District
Decatur City
County
MORGAN COUNTY
Type of School
Special education
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
38

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

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(10 is best)

Decatur High Developmental School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
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39%
No Data
49%
No Data
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
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16
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 5 13.2%
Grade 10 7 18.4%
Grade 11 3 7.9%
Grade 12 23 60.5%
Total 38 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 34.2% 32.3% 53.8%
Black 39.5% 31.6% 32.8%
Hispanic 26.3% 34.6% 10.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 1.1% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.5% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 73.7% 72.9% 60.1%
Free lunch eligible 71.1% 67.3% 54.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.6% 5.6% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 57,525 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,053.7 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.0% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.7% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.8% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 19.3% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 23,674 1,933,150
Single Parent Households With Children 8.8% 8.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 83.1% 87.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.7% 27.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.8% 13.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.7% 14.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.2% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.4% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.5% 16.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.4% 14.2%
$15,000 or less 9.0% 11.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,783 $68,062,000 53.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $677 $5,918,000 4.6%
Staff $535 $4,681,000 3.7%
General Administration $197 $1,723,000 1.3%
School Administration $807 $7,056,000 5.5%
Operation $1,234 $10,793,000 8.4%
Transportation $429 $3,751,000 2.9%
Other $198 $1,734,000 1.4%
Total Support $4,077 $35,656,000 27.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,756 $24,104,000 18.9%
Total Expenditures $14,617 $127,822,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,200 $4,655,842,000 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $783 $587,926,000 6.5%
Staff $452 $339,107,000 3.7%
General Administration $257 $193,007,000 2.1%
School Administration $647 $485,591,000 5.3%
Operation $1,010 $758,603,000 8.3%
Transportation $503 $377,902,000 4.2%
Other $272 $204,126,000 2.2%
Total Support $3,924 $2,946,262,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,976 $1,483,801,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $12,100 $9,085,905,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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