Indian Springs Elementary School

As a small primary school in Eight Mile, Alabama, Indian Springs Elementary School teaches 305 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Mobile County. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Mobile County comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 49,946 students; Indian Springs Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Indian Springs Elementary School shows that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 27% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Indian Springs Elementary School records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 78% of students at Indian Springs Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Mobile County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Indian Springs Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.3%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of +8.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate median household income runs about $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Indian Springs Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

The closest other public school is CollinsRhodes Elementary School, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Indian Springs Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

Indian Springs Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 32% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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