ER Dickson Elementary School

ER Dickson Elementary School is a sprawling primary school in Mobile, Alabama, part of Mobile County. The school educates 967 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so ER Dickson Elementary School sits 101% above that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, ER Dickson Elementary School records that 65% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 14% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at ER Dickson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mobile County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ER Dickson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.8%, the actual is 28.6%, a residual of -1.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Mobile County shows median household income runs about $58,880, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ER Dickson Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

The closest other public school is Denton Magnet School of Technology, roughly 1.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ER Dickson Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. ER Dickson Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 824 (now 967). White enrollment moved from 22% to 14% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.