Chickasaw City Elementary School

Chickasaw City Elementary School is one of the modestly sized K-5 schools in Chickasaw, Alabama, part of Chickasaw City, with 331 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

Chickasaw City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,679 students. Chickasaw City Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Chickasaw City Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 21% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 74% of students at Chickasaw City Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate median household income runs about $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Chickasaw City Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

Alabama Destinations Career Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Chickasaw City Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 47%: 624 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.