CL Scarborough Model Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Mobile, Alabama, CL Scarborough Model Middle School hosts 641 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Mobile County. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 508.

CL Scarborough Model Middle School is one of 85 schools operated by Mobile County, a district that educates 49,946 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CL Scarborough Model Middle School logs that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CL Scarborough Model Middle School lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at CL Scarborough Model Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mobile County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CL Scarborough Model Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.4%, the actual is 22.6%, a residual of +1.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Mobile County put the typical household earns roughly $58,880 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which CL Scarborough Model Middle School is one.

Forest Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CL Scarborough Model Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. CL Scarborough Model Middle School's enrollment has grew 18% since 2018, when it stood at 541 (now 641). Black enrollment moved from 94% to 87% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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