Florence Howard Elementary School

Florence Howard Elementary School operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Mobile, Alabama, one of the schools within Mobile County. Current enrollment sits at 497 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Florence Howard Elementary School is one of 85 schools operated by Mobile County, a district that teaches 49,946 students overall.

Demographically, Florence Howard Elementary School logs that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Florence Howard Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 17.2%; this one delivers 35.7%, a residual of +18.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Mobile County put the typical household earns roughly $58,880 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Florence Howard Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

Calloway Smith Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Florence Howard Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.

Florence Howard Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Florence Howard Elementary School's enrollment has rose 14% since 2018, when it stood at 436 (now 497). Black enrollment moved from 98% to 94% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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