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What's one thing Allentown Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
843
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000572
Allentown Elementary School
10330 Howells Ferry Rd, Semmes, AL 36575 · (251) 221-1000 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL843 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Alabama public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
495 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 152 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (152).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
41.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Allentown Elementary School
Allentown Elementary School's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown Elementary School this school | 843 | 58.7% | 52.9% |
| Kitty Stone Elementary School Jacksonville | 929 | 57.8% | 53.5% |
| Madison Cross Roads Elementary School Toney | 841 | 58.0% | 49.9% |
| Fairfax Elementary School Valley | 689 | 58.2% | 40.4% |
| Wetumpka Elementary School Wetumpka | 868 | 53.7% | 51.7% |
| Jim Pearson Elementary School Alexander City | 704 | 60.8% | N/A |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Allentown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #274 of 626 | #15 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #288 of 626 | #19 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #264 of 626 | #11 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 843 | #43 of 709 | #4 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #599 of 655 | #48 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #115 of 658 | #11 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #358 of 696 | #41 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #246 of 262 | #19 of 21 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
843
+82 (+11%) vs 2020
+28% since 2000-01, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 16.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 843 | 42 | 20.1:1 | 59% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 793 | 40 | 19.8:1 | 53% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 776 | 41 | 18.9:1 | 53% (410) |
| 2020-21 | 761 | 45 | 16.9:1 | 53% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 832 | 49 | 17.0:1 | 53% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | 47 | 17.6:1 | 33% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 797 | 52 | 15.3:1 | 50% (398) |
| 2000-01 | 661 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 32% (213) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allentown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (832 to 843); teachers down 14% (49 to 42).
About Allentown Elementary School
Allentown Elementary School is a large elementary school in Mobile County, located in Semmes, Alabama. It had 843 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Alabama enroll about 480 students on average.
Mobile County runs Allentown Elementary School along with 84 other schools, enrolling 49,946 students in total.
More than half of the students at Allentown Elementary School are White (52%). The remaining shares are 30% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. That is in line with Mobile County, where about 56% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Allentown Elementary School scores 63%.
Teacher count: 42 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.1:1. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is 3.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Allentown Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 60% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Compared with Alabama schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Allentown Elementary School's results are 11.6 points above predicted: 52.9% against 41.3%.
Mobile County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $58,880, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 107 public schools in the county, enrolling about 59,070, Allentown Elementary School among them.
Semmes Elementary School is about 2.3 miles from Allentown Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Allentown Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% increase, from 761 to 843. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.9:1 to 20.1:1.
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Mobile County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
412,590
Census ACS
Median income
$58,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
107
59,070 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mobile County
- Baker High SchoolHigh · 2,271 students
- Mary G Montgomery High SchoolHigh · 1,888 students
- Alma Bryant High SchoolHigh · 1,624 students
- WP Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,339 students
- Theodore High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
Other schools in Semmes
- Mary G Montgomery High SchoolHigh · 1,888 students
- Semmes Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,181 students
- Semmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
Nearby schools
- Semmes Elementary School2.3 mi · 576
- Mary G Montgomery High School2.4 mi · 1,888
- Semmes Middle School2.8 mi · 1,181
- Elsie Collier Elementary School3.1 mi · 731
- Taylor White Elementary School3.2 mi · 446
- Tanner Williams Elementary School5.1 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About Allentown Elementary SchoolHow large is Allentown Elementary School?
Allentown Elementary School enrolls approximately 843 students in grades PK-05.
Is Allentown Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Allentown Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Allentown Elementary School have?
Allentown Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Allentown Elementary School?
At Allentown Elementary School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 10% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Allentown Elementary School public or private?
Allentown Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mobile County.
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