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Enrollment
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237001775
Erwin Craighead Elementary School
1000 South Ann St, Mobile, AL 36605 · (251) 221-1155 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% 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.
- BBeats 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
19.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
310 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
2
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 | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
14%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
46.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
22.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 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 Erwin Craighead Elementary School
Erwin Craighead Elementary School's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin Craighead Elementary School this school | 380 | 81.6% | 33.2% |
| J E Hobbs Elementary School Camden | 359 | 80.2% | 21.4% |
| Monroeville Elementary School Monroeville | 406 | 79.6% | 24.6% |
| Randolph Park Elementary School Anniston | 339 | 84.4% | 25.0% |
| Oliver K5 School Birmingham | 343 | 85.1% | 23.7% |
| Faine Elementary School Dothan | 326 | 84.4% | 15.9% |
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 Erwin Craighead Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #478 of 626 | #38 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #483 of 626 | #36 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #491 of 626 | #38 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #480 of 709 | #43 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #594 of 655 | #47 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.5% | #617 of 658 | #50 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #72 of 696 | #19 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #25 of 364 | #4 of 34 |
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
380
-106 (-22%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 380 | 19.1 | 19.9:1 | 82% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 89% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 23 | 18.3:1 | 89% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 91% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 29.3 | 20.0:1 | 93% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 84% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 89% (502) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 99% (589) |
| 1990-91 | 672 | 35 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Erwin Craighead Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (586 to 380); teachers down 35% (29.3 to 19.1).
About Erwin Craighead Elementary School
In Mobile, Alabama, part of Mobile County, Erwin Craighead Elementary School is an elementary school. The school counts 380 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 21% smaller than the 480 average for elementary schools in Alabama.
Erwin Craighead Elementary School is in Mobile County, a district with 49,946 students across 85 schools.
About 93% of the student body at Erwin Craighead Elementary School is Black. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Mobile County's population at about 36%. Erwin Craighead Elementary School's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 19.9:1 comes from the school's 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The lunch program counts 82% of students at Erwin Craighead Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Mobile County, the average is 67%.
The allk12 Grade for Erwin Craighead Elementary School is C+. Compared with Alabama public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 24.7%.
Mobile County has about 412,590 residents, and the median household income is $58,880, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Besides Erwin Craighead Elementary School, Mobile County has 106 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Lillie B Williamson High School, at about 0.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Erwin Craighead Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Erwin Craighead Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Erwin Craighead Elementary School dropped 22% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 486 to 380 students.
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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
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
- Lillie B Williamson High School0.4 mi · 889
- George Hall Elementary School0.5 mi · 244
- Leinkauf Elementary School0.8 mi · 542
- W H Council Traditional School1.2 mi · 577
- Murphy High School1.5 mi · 1,212
- Maryvale Elementary School1.7 mi · 475
Frequently asked questions
About Erwin Craighead Elementary SchoolHow large is Erwin Craighead Elementary School?
Erwin Craighead Elementary School enrolls approximately 380 students in grades PK-05.
Is Erwin Craighead Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Erwin Craighead Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Erwin Craighead Elementary School?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at Erwin Craighead Elementary School.
How diverse is Erwin Craighead Elementary School?
Erwin Craighead Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 93% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Erwin Craighead Elementary School in?
Erwin Craighead Elementary School is part of Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.