Hollingers Island Elementary School

As a close-knit elementary-level community in Mobile, Alabama, Hollingers Island Elementary School serves 255 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Mobile County. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 47% below typical.

Within Mobile County, which oversees 85 schools and 49,946 students, Hollingers Island Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Hollingers Island Elementary School logs that nearly all students (80%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Hollingers Island Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which Hollingers Island Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mary W Burroughs Elementary School, around 4.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hollingers Island Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 302 students in 2018 compared to 255 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 8% to 2% over that span.

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