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| Decatur High School | |
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910 Somerville Road SE 35601 United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°35′35″N 86°58′16″W / 34.593°N 86.971°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Motto | Pride, Tradition, Excellence. |
| Established | 1950 |
| School district | Decatur City Schools |
| CEEB code | 010860 |
| Principal | Leslie Russell |
| Teaching staff | 61.50 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,040 (2022-23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.91[1] |
| Color(s) | Red and black |
| Nickname | Red Raiders |
| Website | dhs |
Decatur High School is a public high school in Decatur, Alabama, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Decatur City School District. Decatur High offers technical, academic, and Advanced Placement (AP) programs, as well as dual enrollment with the John C. Calhoun Community College System.
Decatur High, along with southwestern Decatur's Austin High School, were the first International Baccalaureate schools in Alabama north of Birmingham.[2] Starting in the 2017-2018 school year, Decatur High will no longer continue the IB program.
In 2018, the Decatur City Schools, in a massive realignment of school districting, opened a new DHS campus across Somerville Road Southeast from its location of several decades on Prospect Drive. The new Decatur High was built on the site of the former Somerville Road Elementary School, whose students were eventually moved to the old Oak Park Middle School (subsequently renamed Oak Park Elementary). Students who formerly attended Oak Park Middle were moved into the old DHS campus, which was renovated and renamed Decatur Middle. A similar process occurred with schools on Decatur's western side at the same time.
- ^ a b c "Decatur High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Decatur City Schools IB Brochure" (PDF). Decatur City Schools. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2006.