Dawes Intermediate School

As an average-sized elementary campus in Mobile, Alabama, Dawes Intermediate School serves 515 students from grades 3 through 5, part of Mobile County.

Across the 85 schools in Mobile County (49,946 students total), Dawes Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Dawes Intermediate School reports that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 19% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, Dawes Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.4%, the actual is 63.0%, a residual of +6.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Mobile County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,880 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which Dawes Intermediate School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hutchens Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Dawes Intermediate School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dawes Intermediate School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 34.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dawes Intermediate School has ticked down 7%, going from 553 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 71% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

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