Kate Shepard Elementary School

Kate Shepard Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary-level community in Mobile, Alabama, part of Mobile County, hosts 576 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Mobile County, which oversees 85 schools and 49,946 students, Kate Shepard Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Kate Shepard Elementary School records that Black students make up the majority at 65%; the rest consists of 19% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Kate Shepard Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 75% of students at Kate Shepard Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mobile County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Kate Shepard Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.2%; this one delivers 39.3%.

Around the school, census data for Mobile County shows median household income runs about $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Mobile County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), Kate Shepard Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HL Sonny Callahan School for the Deaf and Blind, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kate Shepard Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Kate Shepard Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kate Shepard Elementary School has edged down 6%, going from 610 students in 2018 to 576 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 19% across the same window.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.