Florence B Mathis Elementary

Set in Foley, Alabama, Florence B Mathis Elementary is a high-enrollment K-5 school, one of the schools within Baldwin County. It hosts 1,023 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Florence B Mathis Elementary sits 113% larger than that benchmark.

Florence B Mathis Elementary is one of 42 schools operated by Baldwin County, a district that serves 31,965 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Florence B Mathis Elementary reports that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Baldwin County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Florence B Mathis Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Baldwin County) records that median household earnings sit near $78,775, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Baldwin County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,975 students), Florence B Mathis Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Foley High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Florence B Mathis Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Florence B Mathis Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Florence B Mathis Elementary has ticked up 112%, going from 483 students in 2018 to 1,023 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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