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Enrollment
806
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237001595
Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary
2757 Dauphin Island Parkway, Mobile, AL 36605 · (251) 221-1820 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL806 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
700 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 | 33 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 143 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (143) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
35%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
57.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
39.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 21% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Alabama's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary
Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary this school | 806 | 86.8% | 44.9% |
| Orchard Elementary School Mobile | 622 | 82.5% | 31.3% |
| Crump Elementary School Montgomery | 575 | 87.0% | 18.5% |
| Dannelly Elementary School Montgomery | 588 | 84.5% | 27.0% |
| Huffman Academy Birmingham | 779 | 79.1% | 21.8% |
| John Will Elementary School Mobile | 549 | 88.7% | 22.0% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #370 of 626 | #24 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #311 of 626 | #21 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #393 of 626 | #25 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 806 | #52 of 709 | #6 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #604 of 655 | #51 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.7% | #456 of 658 | #35 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #31 of 696 | #12 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #231 of 262 | #17 of 21 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
806
+78 (+11%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 806 | 40 | 20.1:1 | 87% (700) |
| 2023-24 | 803 | 39.7 | 20.2:1 | 94% (757) |
| 2022-23 | 780 | 42 | 18.6:1 | 94% (733) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 43 | 16.9:1 | 93% (680) |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 46 | 17.1:1 | 94% (740) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 77% (596) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 96% (681) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (785 to 806); teachers down 13% (46 to 40).
About Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary
Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary is a large elementary school. Its address is in Mobile, Alabama. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 806 students. That is 68% above the average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Alabama.
The Mobile County system has 85 schools and 49,946 students.
The share of Black students at Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary is 80%. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% White. 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 35%.
Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.1:1. Elementary schools in Alabama have an average ratio of 17.0:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 87%. On average, public schools in Mobile County report 67%.
Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Alabama public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Alabama. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.9%, against a prediction of 20.9%.
Mobile County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $58,880, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Mobile County's 107 public schools enroll about 59,070 students and include Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Ben C Rain High School, is the closest to Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary. Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 806 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 728. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.9:1 to 20.1:1.
On allk12, people connected to Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Mobile
- Baker High SchoolHigh · 2,271 students
- WP Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,339 students
- Murphy High SchoolHigh · 1,212 students
- ER Dickson Elementary SchoolElementary · 967 students
- Lillie B Williamson High SchoolHigh · 889 students
Nearby schools
- Ben C Rain High School0.5 mi · 587
- Pillans Middle School1.3 mi · 440
- Maryvale Elementary School2.6 mi · 475
- Morningside Elementary School3.0 mi · 480
- George Hall Elementary School3.6 mi · 244
- Erwin Craighead Elementary School3.7 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Dr Robert W Gilliard ElementaryHow large is Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary?
Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary enrolls approximately 806 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary serve?
Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary?
Student demographics at Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary are roughly 6% White, 8% Hispanic, 80% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary public or private?
Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.