John Will Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Mobile, Alabama, John Will Elementary School instructs 549 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Mobile County.

Mobile County runs 85 schools in total, collectively educating 49,946 students. John Will Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John Will Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, John Will Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Mobile County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, John Will Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mobile County put median household earnings sit near $58,880, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which John Will Elementary School is one.

ClarkShaw Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Will Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. John Will Elementary School's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 530 (now 549). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 95% to 88%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

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