Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies

As a cozy middle school in Mobile, Alabama, Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies caters to 311 students from grades 6 through 9, overseen by Mobile County. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 39% leaner than typical.

Mobile County comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 49,946 students; Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies is among them.

On the student-mix side, Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

With demographic context factored in, Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.0%; this one delivers 82.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Mobile County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dunbar Creative Performing Arts, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.0%.

Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies operates from a city-core location.

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