Decatur City Schools

Basic Overview

Assets and Achievements

• Decatur City Schools was the first school system in Alabama to join a partnership with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
• High school bands have longstanding history of superior ratings:
• * Decatur High School leads the state of Alabama with the most Superior Ratings at State Competition, with 57 superiors, since the competition's formation in 1946.
• * Decatur High School also has never received less than a Superior Rating at any District Competition since its formation.
• * Austin High School has the longest string of Superior Ratings at State Competition.
• The school system contains more International Baccalaureate Accredited schools than any other system in the State of Alabama.
• *It is the only system with two IB Diploma high schools
• *It is the only system in the state that houses any elementary schools that have received IB Primary Years accreditation.
• *It is the only system in the state that houses any elementary schools that have received IB Middle Years accreditation.

  Schools

Elementary schools

• Banks-Caddell
• Benjamin Davis
• Chestnut Grove
• Eastwood
• Frances Nungester
• Julian Harris
• Leon Sheffield Elementary School
• Somerville Road
• Walter Jackson
• West Decatur
• Woodmeade
• Austinville
• Oak Park

  Middle schools

• Austin Middle School
• Decatur Middle School
• Austin Junior High School

  High schools

• Austin High School - Mascot:Black Bears
• Decatur High School - Mascot: Red Raiders

  IB accredited schools

• Austin High School - Diploma Program
• Decatur High School - Diploma Program
• Austin Middle School - Middle Years
• Benjamin Davis Elementary School - Primary Years
• Leon Sheffield Elementary School - Primary Years