Decatur High School
310 North Mcdonough St Decatur GA, 30030, Dekalb County Phone: 404-370-4420 Ranking:  (74 out of 392, top 19%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: Decatur City School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 72 | 68 | 60 | 57 | 56 | 57 | 55 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 990 | 925 | 824 | 758 | 743 | 757 | 776 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 287 | 29.0% | 283 | 30.6% | 259 | 31.4% | 222 | 29.3% | 223 | 30.0% | 200 | 26.4% | 195 | 25.1% |
| Grade 10: | 259 | 26.2% | 248 | 26.8% | 218 | 26.5% | 194 | 25.6% | 181 | 24.4% | 189 | 25.0% | 204 | 26.3% |
| Grade 11: | 247 | 24.9% | 205 | 22.2% | 187 | 22.7% | 172 | 22.7% | 166 | 22.3% | 193 | 25.5% | 200 | 25.8% |
| Grade 12: | 197 | 19.9% | 189 | 20.4% | 160 | 19.4% | 161 | 21.2% | 173 | 23.3% | 175 | 23.1% | 177 | 22.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 491 | 49.6% | 463 | 50.1% | 412 | 50.0% | 377 | 49.7% | 373 | 50.2% | 359 | 47.4% | 382 | 49.2% |
| Female: | 499 | 50.4% | 462 | 49.9% | 412 | 50.0% | 381 | 50.3% | 370 | 49.8% | 366 | 48.3% | 363 | 46.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.5% |
| Asian: | 21 | 2.1% | 21 | 2.3% | 16 | 1.9% | 9 | 1.2% | 10 | 1.3% | 18 | 2.4% | 13 | 1.7% |
| Hispanic: | 35 | 3.5% | 33 | 3.6% | 26 | 3.2% | 17 | 2.2% | 13 | 1.7% | 11 | 1.5% | 11 | 1.4% |
| Black: | 342 | 34.5% | 350 | 37.8% | 313 | 38.0% | 311 | 41.0% | 335 | 45.1% | 353 | 46.6% | 366 | 47.2% |
| White: | 544 | 54.9% | 483 | 52.2% | 437 | 53.0% | 389 | 51.3% | 355 | 47.8% | 348 | 46.0% | 355 | 45.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 44 | 4.4% | 34 | 3.7% | 28 | 3.4% | 29 | 3.8% | 25 | 3.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 180 | 18.2% | 207 | 22.4% | 186 | 22.6% | 155 | 20.4% | 176 | 23.7% | 182 | 24.0% | 184 | 23.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 24 | 2.4% | 31 | 3.4% | 24 | 2.9% | 39 | 5.1% | 32 | 4.3% | 48 | 6.3% | 30 | 3.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.81 | 13.68 | 13.85 | 13.23 | 13.27 | 13.40 | 14.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 62% | 69% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 61.8% | 72.8% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 46.5% | 46.5% | 55% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83% | 83% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 91.8% | 91.8% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.1% | 88.1% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.6% | 88.6% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 96.6% | 96.6% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 91.4% | 91.4% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 97.3% | 97.3% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 78% | 78% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 69.6% | 69.6% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 83.6% | 83.6% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 79.7% | 79.7% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 62.8% | 62.8% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 90.8% | 90.8% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 92.5% | 92.5% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 90.6% | 90.6% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 64.8% | 68.9% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 77% | 77% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 88.3% | 88.3% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 79.8% | 79.8% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 73.1% | 73.1% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 78% | 78% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 65.2% | 65.2% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 89.1% | 89.1% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 90.3% | 90.3% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 76% | 78% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 75% | 80.7% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 62.8% | 62.8% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 49.2% | 49.2% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 82.4% | 82.4% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 75.3% | 77.1% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 82.6% | 84.1% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 60.3% | 60.3% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 77.5% | 77.5% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 72.5% | 72.5% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 76.7% | 76.7% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 77% | 77% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.9% | 89.9% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.7% | 85.7% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.3% | 88.3% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92.6% | 92.6% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92.3% | 92.3% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 94.3% | 94.3% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 94.4% | 94.4% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 86% | 86% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 85.6% | 85.6% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 86.8% | 86.8% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 65.3% | 65.3% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 81.1% | 81.1% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 83.9% | 83.9% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 78.6% | 78.6% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 86.4% | 86.4% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 92.7% | 92.7% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 95.21% | 95.1% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 95.4% | 95.4% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 96% | 96% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 90% | 90% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 90.6% | 90.6% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 92.26% | 92.2% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 94.7% | 94.7% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 99% | 99% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 85.5% | 85.5% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 96.6% | 96.6% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93.2% | 93.2% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 96.41% | 96% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 83% | 83% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 81.1% | 81.1% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 89.2% | 89.2% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 89.29% | 89% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Decatur High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.