Denton Magnet School of Technology

As a cozy junior high in Mobile, Alabama, Denton Magnet School of Technology instructs 334 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Mobile County. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

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

On demographics, Denton Magnet School of Technology reports that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the income-and-resources front, Denton Magnet School of Technology lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at Denton Magnet School of Technology qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mobile County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Denton Magnet School of Technology ranks in the top 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.8%; Denton Magnet School of Technology posts 72.8%, +26.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate median household income runs about $58,880, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which Denton Magnet School of Technology is one.

WP Davidson High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 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), Denton Magnet School of Technology ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 37.6%.

Denton Magnet School of Technology operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Denton Magnet School of Technology's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 355 (now 334). Black enrollment moved from 72% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

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