CollinsRhodes Elementary School

CollinsRhodes Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Eight Mile, Alabama, part of Mobile County. Current enrollment sits at 537 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Mobile County comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 49,946 students; CollinsRhodes Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, CollinsRhodes Elementary School records that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 4% White, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CollinsRhodes Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at CollinsRhodes Elementary 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CollinsRhodes Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.6%, the actual is 20.6%, a residual of -1.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CollinsRhodes Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

Nearest neighbor: Indian Springs Elementary School, around 1.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CollinsRhodes Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. CollinsRhodes Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 570 (now 537). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.