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Alumni: what's one memory from CollinsRhodes Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
537
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000919
CollinsRhodes Elementary School
5110 St Stephens Rd, Eight Mile, AL 36613 · (251) 221-1226 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
461 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 14% |
Student demographics
16%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
32.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
13.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 →
Where CollinsRhodes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #595 of 626 | #49 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #576 of 626 | #48 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #600 of 626 | #49 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #247 of 709 | #21 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #484 of 655 | #24 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #602 of 658 | #49 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #36 of 696 | #14 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #268 of 364 | #28 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
537
-66 (-11%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 537 | 29.4 | 18.3:1 | 86% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 30.4 | 19.4:1 | 91% (535) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 30.4 | 20.2:1 | 90% (554) |
| 2020-21 | 603 | 31 | 19.4:1 | 90% (543) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 29.3 | 19.5:1 | 91% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 30 | 22.2:1 | 76% (508) |
| 2010-11 | 787 | 59 | 13.3:1 | 90% (708) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 95% (363) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 26 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CollinsRhodes Elementary School.
About CollinsRhodes Elementary School
CollinsRhodes Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Eight Mile, Alabama. It has an enrollment of 537 students in pre-K through 5.
The district, Mobile County, has 49,946 students enrolled across 85 schools.
The share of Black students at CollinsRhodes Elementary School is 91%. The remaining shares are 4% White and 3% Hispanic. Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
The school had 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.3:1. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is 1.3 students per teacher. The school reported 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Mobile County is 67%.
CollinsRhodes Elementary School is 1.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (20.6% versus 21.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
For the population of Mobile County, median household income comes to about $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mobile County counts 107 public schools with about 59,070 students.
A public school about 1.5 miles away, Indian Springs Elementary School, is the closest to CollinsRhodes Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of CollinsRhodes Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, CollinsRhodes Elementary School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, CollinsRhodes Elementary School had a net loss of 66 students, or 11%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.4:1 to 18.3:1 over the same years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at CollinsRhodes Elementary School. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Mobile County
- Baker High SchoolHigh · 2,271 students
- Mary G Montgomery High SchoolHigh · 1,888 students
- Alma Bryant High SchoolHigh · 1,624 students
- WP Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,339 students
- Theodore High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
Other schools in Eight Mile
- Mattie T Blount High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- Indian Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Springs Elementary School1.5 mi · 305
- Mattie T Blount High School2.6 mi · 1,058
- Saraland High School2.7 mi · 1,134
- WD Robbins Elementary School2.9 mi · 265
- ChastangFournier Middle School3.0 mi · 503
- Just 4 Development Laboratory3.0 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About CollinsRhodes Elementary SchoolHow many students attend CollinsRhodes Elementary School?
CollinsRhodes Elementary School enrolls approximately 537 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CollinsRhodes Elementary School serve?
CollinsRhodes Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CollinsRhodes Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CollinsRhodes Elementary School is approximately 18.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CollinsRhodes Elementary School?
Student demographics at CollinsRhodes Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 3% Hispanic, 91% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CollinsRhodes Elementary School?
CollinsRhodes Elementary School is overseen by Mobile County in Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.