John L Leflore Magnet School

Set in Mobile, Alabama, John L Leflore Magnet School is a medium-sized 9-12 campus, one of the schools within Mobile County. It hosts 582 students across grades 9 through 12.

Within Mobile County, which oversees 85 schools and 49,946 students, John L Leflore Magnet School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, John L Leflore Magnet School shows that nearly all students (97%) are Black. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the income-and-resources front, John L Leflore Magnet School logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 86% of students are eligible 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 somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, John L Leflore Magnet School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 8.9%.

In the broader community, Mobile County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which John L Leflore Magnet School is one.

Holloway Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John L Leflore Magnet School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John L Leflore Magnet School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 582 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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