Austin High School
1625 Danville Rd Sw
Decatur AL, 35601, Morgan County
Phone: 256-552-3060
Ranking: 
(152 out of 359, top 42%)*
(152 out of 359, top 42%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Decatur City School District
Title I Eligible School: No
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: | 96 | 103 | 103 | 104 | 101 | 99 | 99 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,383 | 1,394 | 1,389 | NA | NA | 1,494 | 1,522 | 1,581 | ||||||
| Grade 9: | 386 | 27.9% | 464 | 33.3% | 449 | 32.3% | NA | NA | 451 | 30.2% | 452 | 29.7% | 464 | 29.3% |
| Grade 10: | 364 | 26.3% | 345 | 24.7% | 341 | 24.6% | NA | NA | 426 | 28.5% | 432 | 28.4% | 440 | 27.8% |
| Grade 11: | 335 | 24.2% | 290 | 20.8% | 288 | 20.7% | NA | NA | 307 | 20.5% | 308 | 20.2% | 344 | 21.8% |
| Grade 12: | 298 | 21.5% | 295 | 21.2% | 311 | 22.4% | NA | NA | 310 | 20.7% | 330 | 21.7% | 333 | 21.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 673 | 48.7% | 681 | 48.9% | 676 | 48.7% | NA | NA | 750 | 50.2% | 732 | 48.1% | 786 | 49.7% |
| Female: | 710 | 51.3% | 713 | 51.1% | 713 | 51.3% | NA | NA | 735 | 49.2% | 782 | 51.4% | 791 | 50.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.4% | NA | NA | 5 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 19 | 1.4% | 20 | 1.4% | 16 | 1.2% | NA | NA | 15 | 1.0% | 18 | 1.2% | 19 | 1.2% |
| Hispanic: | 212 | 15.3% | 201 | 14.4% | 196 | 14.1% | NA | NA | 174 | 11.6% | 156 | 10.2% | 147 | 9.3% |
| Black: | 487 | 35.2% | 502 | 36.0% | 499 | 35.9% | NA | NA | 555 | 37.1% | 541 | 35.5% | 555 | 35.1% |
| White: | 640 | 46.3% | 640 | 45.9% | 650 | 46.8% | NA | NA | 744 | 49.8% | 802 | 52.7% | 855 | 54.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 22 | 1.6% | 25 | 1.8% | 23 | 1.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 682 | 49.3% | 657 | 47.1% | 606 | 43.6% | NA | NA | 587 | 39.3% | 487 | 32.0% | 443 | 28.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 87 | 6.3% | 105 | 7.5% | 101 | 7.3% | NA | NA | 96 | 6.4% | 105 | 6.9% | 126 | 8.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.41 | 13.53 | 13.49 | NA | NA | 14.85 | 15.30 | 16.00 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 48.5% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 45.6% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 53% | 54.1% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.49% | 52.66% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.71% | 45.74% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 67.4% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 67.5% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 79.7% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 79.41% | 79.07% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 86.55% | 84.77% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 54.7% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 68.4% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 69.44% | 66.67% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 59.39% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 52.8% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 56.7% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 59.9% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 64.07% | 59.5% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.76% | 59.22% | 57.81% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 64.04% | 66.09% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.33% | 82.91% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.48% | 93.1% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.15% | 94.46% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.74% | 96.21% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 84.5% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 82.5% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 83.3% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.82% | 82.18% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.95% | 78.78% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.59% | 77.3% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.16% | 74.18% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.57% | 73.52% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.33% | 73.05% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 86% | 87.5% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 82.6% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 89% | 88% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.58% | 89.79% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.96% | 87.48% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.25% | 87.02% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.12% | 82.15% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.04% | 86.76% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.75% | 86.25% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 89.6% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 86.3% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 89% | 87.5% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.07% | 85.29% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 85.4% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.63% | 80.11% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.06% | 78.91% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 81.62% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.56% | 85.66% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 88.4% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 82.5% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 85.7% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.35% | 85.12% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.43% | 80.39% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.15% | 73.83% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 79.9% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 75.5% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 78.7% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.65% | 75.95% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.43% | 73.78% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.41% | 78.74% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.96% | 70.49% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.43% | 69.35% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.26% | 65.74% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.03% | 89.87% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.38% | 98.13% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.67% | 98.69% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 98.4% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.1% | 98.2% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 98.5% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.49% | 88.17% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.55% | 95.01% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.57% | 92.32% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.85% | 89.62% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.97% | 90.86% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.38% | 90.64% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.1% | 99.2% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.1% | 98.5% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98% | 98.1% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.79% | 89.74% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.01% | 96.11% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.46% | 96.71% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.66% | 96.41% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.16% | 95.9% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.35% | 95.88% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 98.2% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 97.7% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98% | 97.7% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.84% | 88.16% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.43% | 95.74% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.22% | 93.6% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.61% | 92.25% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.55% | 93.28% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.69% | 94.57% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.7% | 98.7% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.1% | 98.5% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 99% | 98.7% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.83% | 88.17% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.96% | 94.46% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.35% | 90.85% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 97.4% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 97.2% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 96% | 96.1% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.86% | 87.57% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.79% | 93.72% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.03% | 90.86% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.38% | 90.19% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 83.87% | 87.69% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 84.72% | 88.76% | 89.74% |
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* Austin High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.