Calloway Smith Middle School

Set in Mobile, Alabama, Calloway Smith Middle School is a modestly sized middle-grades school, overseen by Mobile County. It hosts 315 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Calloway Smith Middle School sits 38% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 85 schools in Mobile County (49,946 students total), Calloway Smith Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Calloway Smith Middle School reports that nearly all students (95%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Calloway Smith Middle School records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Calloway Smith Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.3%, the actual is 24.9%, a residual of +6.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Mobile County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), Calloway Smith Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dunbar Creative Performing Arts, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Calloway Smith Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

Calloway Smith Middle School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 52%: 656 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Calloway Smith Middle School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.