Bernice J Causey Middle School

Bernice J Causey Middle School operates as a heavily attended 6-8 campus in Mobile, Alabama, one of the schools within Mobile County. Current enrollment sits at 1,339 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 164% bigger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Within Mobile County, which oversees 85 schools and 49,946 students, Bernice J Causey Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bernice J Causey Middle School reports that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Black, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Bernice J Causey Middle School has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at Bernice J Causey Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mobile County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bernice J Causey Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 48.0%.

Around the school, Mobile County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Bernice J Causey Middle School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

The closest other public school is ORourke Elementary School, roughly 1.5 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), Bernice J Causey Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 1,448 students in 2018 compared to 1,339 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 58% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.

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