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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237001617
Holloway Elementary
625 Stanton Rd, Mobile, AL 36617 · (251) 221-1391 · Mobile County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Alabama public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
16.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
448 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
9%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
41.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
20.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Holloway Elementary
Holloway Elementary's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holloway Elementary this school | 483 | 92.8% | 27.9% |
| Florence Howard Elementary School Mobile | 497 | 92.0% | 35.7% |
| ChastangFournier Middle School Mobile | 503 | 91.3% | 18.7% |
| Morris Elementary School Montgomery | 414 | 90.3% | 31.4% |
| Morningside Elementary School Mobile | 480 | 90.8% | 30.4% |
| SpencerWestlawn Elementary School Mobile | 428 | 90.2% | 36.3% |
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 Holloway Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #530 of 626 | #45 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #508 of 626 | #39 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #530 of 626 | #43 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #323 of 709 | #30 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #254 of 655 | #6 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.2% | #639 of 658 | #52 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #4 of 696 | #2 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #57 of 364 | #11 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
483
-53 (-10%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 483 | 29.4 | 16.4:1 | 93% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 28.4 | 16.6:1 | 97% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 28.3 | 17.6:1 | 98% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 98% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 37.3 | 17.2:1 | 98% (631) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 36 | 17.7:1 | 84% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 98% (649) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 42 | 15.9:1 | 92% (615) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 30 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holloway Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (641 to 483); teachers down 21% (37.3 to 29.4).
About Holloway Elementary
The public elementary school Holloway Elementary is located in Mobile, Alabama. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 483 students.
Enrollment across the 85 schools in Mobile County totals 49,946 students.
The share of students at Holloway Elementary who are Black is 95%. Other students are 4% multiracial. By comparison, Mobile County residents are about 36% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 9, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Holloway Elementary, there are about 16.4 students; the school has 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Alabama is similar, at 17.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 93%. On average, public schools in Mobile County report 67%.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Holloway Elementary outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.6% for Holloway Elementary. The school posts 27.9%, 11.3 points above the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mobile County show that median household income comes to about $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 107, with about 59,070 students.
The closest school to Holloway Elementary is John L Leflore Magnet School, located about 0.7 miles away. Holloway Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Holloway Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 27.9% versus a 34.9% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Holloway Elementary enrolled 536 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 483.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Holloway Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Other Holloway Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Holloway Elementary. Holloway Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Holloway Elementary SchoolHolland, OH · 341 students
Nearby schools
- John L Leflore Magnet School0.7 mi · 582
- Booker T Washington Middle School0.9 mi · 270
- Continuous Learning Center1.1 mi · 259
- Phillips Preparatory Middle School1.6 mi · 453
- Grant Elementary School1.6 mi · 285
- Old Shell Road Magnet School1.7 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Holloway ElementaryHow large is Holloway Elementary?
Holloway Elementary enrolls approximately 483 students in grades KG-05.
Is Holloway Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holloway Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Holloway Elementary have?
Holloway Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holloway Elementary?
At Holloway Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 1% Hispanic, 95% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Holloway Elementary?
Holloway Elementary is overseen by Mobile County in Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.