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What's the one class at Holloway Elementary every student should take?
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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
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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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Which teacher or staff member at Holloway Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
20.3%
AL avg 31.8%
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
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
483
-158 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.2:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
1%
was 0%
% Black
95%
was 97%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Holloway Elementary
Located at 625 Stanton Rd, in Mobile, Alabama, Holloway Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community that caters to 483 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Mobile County.
Within Mobile County, which oversees 85 schools and 49,946 students, Holloway Elementary is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Holloway Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%); the rest reads as 4% multiracial. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Holloway Elementary records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 93% of students at Holloway Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Mobile County's rate of about 67%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Holloway Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.6%; this one delivers 27.9%.
Across the wider county, census data for Mobile County shows median household income runs about $58,880, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Holloway Elementary is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).
John L Leflore Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Holloway Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Holloway Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.4%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Five-year trend. Holloway Elementary's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 641 (now 483).
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Holloway Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- 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.