Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000928
Indian Springs Elementary School
4550 Highpoint Blvd, Eight Mile, AL 36613 · (251) 221-1436 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Alabama public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
238 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
62%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
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
19.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Indian Springs Elementary School
Indian Springs Elementary School's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Springs Elementary School this school | 305 | 78.0% | 35.5% |
| Thompson Elementary School Gadsden | 288 | 81.3% | 28.0% |
| Grove Hill Elementary School Grove Hill | 348 | 75.0% | 47.0% |
| Abbeville Elementary School Abbeville | 338 | 74.9% | 25.6% |
| Lafayette Eastside Elementary School Lafayette | 311 | 76.8% | 31.0% |
| Harry N Mixon Intermediate School Ozark | 383 | 80.2% | 47.6% |
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 Indian Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #458 of 626 | #36 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #520 of 626 | #43 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #463 of 626 | #37 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #561 of 709 | #48 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #417 of 655 | #17 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #127 of 658 | #12 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #114 of 696 | #21 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #86 of 364 | #13 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
305
-62 (-17%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 305 | 17.3 | 17.6:1 | 78% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 19.3 | 17.8:1 | 75% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 19.3 | 19.1:1 | 75% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 19 | 19.3:1 | 75% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 20.3 | 19.1:1 | 76% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 21 | 20.5:1 | 55% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 80% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 73% (317) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 28 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (387 to 305); teachers down 15% (20.3 to 17.3).
About Indian Springs Elementary School
In Eight Mile, Alabama, part of Mobile County, Indian Springs Elementary School is an elementary school. The school counted 305 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 36% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Alabama (about 480).
District-wide, Mobile County has 85 schools and 49,946 students.
More than half of enrollment at Indian Springs Elementary School is Black: 54%. Other groups make up 27% White, 10% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Indian Springs Elementary School scores 62%.
For every teacher at Indian Springs Elementary School, there are about 17.6 students; the school has 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 78%. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Mobile County, the school's rate is higher.
Indian Springs Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Indian Springs Elementary School is 8.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.5% versus 27.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Looking at the county, Mobile County, the median household earns about $58,880 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Counting Indian Springs Elementary School, Mobile County has 107 public schools.
About 1.5 miles separate Indian Springs Elementary School from the closest public school, CollinsRhodes Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Indian Springs Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Indian Springs Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 367 (2020-21) to 305 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.3:1 to 17.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to Indian Springs Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Eight Mile
- Mattie T Blount High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- CollinsRhodes Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
Other Indian Springs Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Indian Springs Elementary. Indian Springs Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Indian Springs ElementaryPowell, OH · 721 students
- Indian Springs Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 649 students
- Indian Springs Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 396 students
- Indian Springs ElementaryKingsport, TN · 312 students
- Indian Springs Elementary SchoolIndian Springs, NV · 142 students
Nearby schools
- CollinsRhodes Elementary School1.5 mi · 537
- Mattie T Blount High School1.7 mi · 1,058
- CL Scarborough Model Middle School2.6 mi · 641
- Forest Hill Elementary School3.1 mi · 478
- Orchard Elementary School3.1 mi · 622
- Just 4 Development Laboratory3.2 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Springs Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Indian Springs Elementary School?
Indian Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-05.
Is Indian Springs Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Indian Springs Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Indian Springs Elementary School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Indian Springs Elementary School.
How diverse is Indian Springs Elementary School?
Indian Springs Elementary School reports a student body of 27% White, 10% Hispanic, 54% Black, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Indian Springs Elementary School?
Indian Springs Elementary School is overseen by Mobile County in Mobile County.
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