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Mobile County

Mobile, Alabama · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

49,946
Students enrolled
92
Public schools
2,827
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 1,520
  • Kindergarten 3,869
  • Grade 1 4,127
  • Grade 2 4,151
  • Grade 3 4,004
  • Grade 4 3,728
  • Grade 5 3,806
  • Grade 6 3,497
  • Grade 7 3,512
  • Grade 8 3,511
  • Grade 9 3,848
  • Grade 10 3,601
  • Grade 11 3,513
  • Grade 12 3,259

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 50%
  • White 35%
  • Hispanic/Latino 7%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 33,751 of 49,761 students in the 84 of its 85 schools that report
  • Free lunch 68%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,984 spent per student on day-to-day operations Alabama median: $13,726 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,369
  • Support services $6,755
  • Other (food service, etc.) $860

Where the money comes from

  • Local 25%
  • State 47%
  • Federal 28%

Total revenue $928.5 milliontotal spending $892.7 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: MidsizeStudents: 47% city, 34% rural, 18% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

5,846

District office

1 Magnum Pass, Mobile AL 36618

County

Mobile County

Official website

NCES District ID

102370

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About Mobile County

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

"The mission of the Mobile County Public School System is to graduate citizens who are literate,responsible and committed to learning over a lifetime."
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Public Schools in Mobile County (114)

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Nan Gray Davis Elementary School

Theodore, AL · Grades PK–05 · 499 students · Elementary

Florence Howard Elementary School

Mobile, AL · Grades PK–05 · 497 students · Elementary

Holloway Elementary

Mobile, AL · Grades KG–05 · 483 students · Elementary

Morningside Elementary School

Mobile, AL · Grades PK–05 · 480 students · Elementary

Forest Hill Elementary School

Mobile, AL · Grades KG–05 · 478 students · Elementary

Maryvale Elementary School

Mobile, AL · Grades PK–05 · 475 students · Elementary

Breitling Elementary School

Grand Bay, AL · Grades PK–05 · 471 students · Elementary

Saint Elmo Elementary School

Irvington, AL · Grades PK–05 · 451 students · Elementary

Taylor White Elementary School

Mobile, AL · Grades PK–05 · 446 students · Elementary

Wilmer Elementary School

Wilmer, AL · Grades PK–05 · 443 students · Elementary

SpencerWestlawn Elementary School

Mobile, AL · Grades PK–05 · 428 students · Elementary

Cora Castlen Elementary

Grand Bay, AL · Grades PK–05 · 423 students · Elementary

North Mobile County Middle School

Axis, AL · Grades PK–08 · 422 students · Elementary

Mary W Burroughs Elementary School

Theodore, AL · Grades PK–05 · 404 students · Elementary

Anna F Booth Elementary School

Irvington, AL · Grades PK–05 · 391 students · Elementary

Erwin Craighead Elementary School

Mobile, AL · Grades PK–05 · 380 students · Elementary

Meadowlake Elementary

Mobile, AL · Grades PK–05 · 373 students · Elementary

Old Shell Road Magnet School

Mobile, AL · Grades KG–05 · 369 students · Elementary

Indian Springs Elementary School

Eight Mile, AL · Grades PK–05 · 305 students · Elementary

Tanner Williams Elementary School

Wilmer, AL · Grades PK–05 · 304 students · Elementary

Grant Elementary School

Prichard, AL · Grades KG–05 · 285 students · Elementary

WD Robbins Elementary School

Prichard, AL · Grades PK–05 · 265 students · Elementary

Hollingers Island Elementary School

Mobile, AL · Grades PK–05 · 255 students · Elementary

George Hall Elementary School

Mobile, AL · Grades PK–05 · 244 students · Elementary