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What's one thing ChastangFournier Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000963
ChastangFournier Middle School
2800 Berkley Avenue, Mobile, AL 36617 · (251) 221-2081 · Mobile County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Alabama public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
19.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
459 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 17 | 3% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 3% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 128 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 121 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 86% smaller than its 8th grade class (124).
Student demographics
18%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
28.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
4.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 ChastangFournier Middle School
ChastangFournier Middle School's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChastangFournier Middle School this school | 503 | 91.3% | 18.7% |
| Morningside Elementary School Mobile | 480 | 90.8% | 30.4% |
| Maryvale Elementary School Mobile | 475 | 89.3% | 25.5% |
| SpencerWestlawn Elementary School Mobile | 428 | 90.2% | 36.3% |
| Florence Howard Elementary School Mobile | 497 | 92.0% | 35.7% |
| John Will Elementary School Mobile | 549 | 88.7% | 22.0% |
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 ChastangFournier Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #610 of 626 | #51 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.3% | #623 of 626 | #52 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #609 of 626 | #50 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #291 of 709 | #27 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #565 of 655 | #41 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #587 of 658 | #47 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #7 of 696 | #4 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #50 of 364 | #9 of 34 |
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
503
-61 (-11%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 812
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 503 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 91% (459) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 96% (505) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 28 | 19.7:1 | 96% (528) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 26 | 21.7:1 | 96% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 26.3 | 25.9:1 | 93% (635) |
| 2015-16 | 312 | 15 | 20.8:1 | 84% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 95% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 814 | 44 | 18.5:1 | 94% (766) |
| 1990-91 | 812 | 37 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ChastangFournier Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (681 to 503); teachers down 1% (26.3 to 26).
About ChastangFournier Middle School
ChastangFournier Middle School is an elementary school with a street address in Mobile, Alabama. Students in kindergarten through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 503 students.
Mobile County counts 49,946 students in its 85 schools, and ChastangFournier Middle School is one of them.
Roughly 90% of students at ChastangFournier Middle School are Black. Other students are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Mobile County residents are about 36% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ChastangFournier Middle School scores 18%.
The school's 26 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.0:1. Lunch program data show 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Mobile County is 67%.
ChastangFournier Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Alabama public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 17.7%.
In the wider Mobile County area, the median household earns about $58,880 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Mobile County, 107 public schools serve about 59,070 students.
Just 4 Development Laboratory is the nearest public school to ChastangFournier Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, ChastangFournier Middle School ranks 5th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around ChastangFournier Middle School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
An 11% decrease took enrollment from 564 in 2020-21 to 503 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 21.7:1 to 19.4:1.
The allk12 page for ChastangFournier Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About ChastangFournier Middle SchoolHow large is ChastangFournier Middle School?
ChastangFournier Middle School enrolls approximately 503 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does ChastangFournier Middle School serve?
ChastangFournier Middle School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at ChastangFournier Middle School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at ChastangFournier Middle School.
What is the student diversity at ChastangFournier Middle School?
Student demographics at ChastangFournier Middle School are roughly 2% White, 4% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is ChastangFournier Middle School in?
ChastangFournier Middle School is part of Mobile County.
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