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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237002208
EicholdMertz School of Math and Science
2815 Government Street, Mobile, AL 36606 · (251) 221-1105 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
19.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
192 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
59%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
97.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
87.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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
92.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+36.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% 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 36 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 EicholdMertz School of Math and Science
EicholdMertz School of Math and Science's state test result (92.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EicholdMertz School of Math and Science this school | 504 | 38.1% | 92.4% |
| Bear Exploration Center Montgomery | 507 | 37.3% | 79.2% |
| Gardendale Elementary School Gardendale | 700 | 38.4% | 56.8% |
| W H Council Traditional School Mobile | 577 | 48.4% | 87.5% |
| Mt Olive Primary School Ft Mitchell | 424 | 32.3% | N/A |
| Monrovia Elementary School Huntsville | 600 | 30.5% | 74.5% |
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 EicholdMertz School of Math and Science ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.4% | #2 of 626 | #1 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #3 of 626 | #1 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 97.8% | #3 of 626 | #2 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #289 of 709 | #26 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #566 of 655 | #42 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #162 of 658 | #14 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.1% | #592 of 696 | #55 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #173 of 262 | #12 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
504
-33 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 504 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 38% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 27 | 18.9:1 | 61% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 61% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 26 | 20.6:1 | 64% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 24 | 19.8:1 | 63% (300) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EicholdMertz School of Math and Science.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (474 to 504); teachers up 8% (24 to 26).
About EicholdMertz School of Math and Science
EicholdMertz School of Math and Science is a mid-sized elementary school in Mobile, Alabama, one of the schools in Mobile County. It reported 504 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Mobile County counts 49,946 students in its 85 schools, and EicholdMertz School of Math and Science is one of them.
At EicholdMertz School of Math and Science, 57% of students are Black. The school is also 28% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. That is higher than the 36% Black share among all Mobile County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
EicholdMertz School of Math and Science has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.4:1. The school's 19.4:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for elementary schools in Alabama. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 38%. The 67% average for public schools in Mobile County is 29 points higher.
EicholdMertz School of Math and Science earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of Alabama public elementary schools.
EicholdMertz School of Math and Science beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 36.1 points (92.4% versus 56.3%), a top-10% result in Alabama on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Mobile County area, median household income comes to about $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mobile County's 107 public schools enroll about 59,070 students and include EicholdMertz School of Math and Science.
Of the public schools around it, EicholdMertz School of Math and Science is closest to Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy, about 0.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, EicholdMertz School of Math and Science is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 20.6:1 to 19.4:1 over the same years.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy0.9 mi · 235
- SpencerWestlawn Elementary School1.4 mi · 428
- Maryvale Elementary School1.5 mi · 475
- Morningside Elementary School1.6 mi · 480
- George Hall Elementary School1.9 mi · 244
- Acceleration Day and Evening Academy2.0 mi · 513
Frequently asked questions
About EicholdMertz School of Math and ScienceHow large is EicholdMertz School of Math and Science?
EicholdMertz School of Math and Science enrolls approximately 504 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does EicholdMertz School of Math and Science serve?
EicholdMertz School of Math and Science serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at EicholdMertz School of Math and Science?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at EicholdMertz School of Math and Science.
What is the student diversity at EicholdMertz School of Math and Science?
Student demographics at EicholdMertz School of Math and Science are roughly 28% White, 3% Hispanic, 57% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is EicholdMertz School of Math and Science in?
EicholdMertz School of Math and Science is part of Mobile County.
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