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If you could change one rule at Kate Shepard Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000956
Kate Shepard Elementary School
3980B Burma Rd, Mobile, AL 36693 · (251) 221-1645 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
434 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
53%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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
28.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Kate Shepard Elementary School
Kate Shepard Elementary School's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Shepard Elementary School this school | 576 | 75.3% | 39.3% |
| Phenix City Elementary School Phenix City | 683 | 73.6% | 30.1% |
| WO Parmer Elementary School Greenville | 528 | 69.5% | N/A |
| Joseph W Lisenby Primary School Ozark | 494 | 71.1% | N/A |
| UW Clemon Elementary School Adamsville | 590 | 77.6% | 25.4% |
| The Alberta School of Performing Arts Tuscaloosa | 632 | 71.2% | 44.8% |
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 Kate Shepard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #422 of 626 | #30 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #419 of 626 | #31 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #401 of 626 | #26 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #203 of 709 | #14 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #513 of 655 | #27 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #263 of 658 | #21 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #152 of 696 | #22 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #272 of 364 | #29 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
576
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 576 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 75% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 73% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 74% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 31 | 18.1:1 | 74% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 34.4 | 17.8:1 | 73% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 31 | 19.6:1 | 49% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 71% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 62% (257) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 22 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kate Shepard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (610 to 576); teachers down 10% (34.4 to 31).
About Kate Shepard Elementary School
Kate Shepard Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Mobile, Alabama. Enrollment is 576 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Mobile County (85 schools, 49,946 students) runs Kate Shepard Elementary School.
Black students make up a majority at Kate Shepard Elementary School, at 65%. The next largest groups are 19% White, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. In Mobile County overall, about 36% of residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1 at Kate Shepard Elementary School, with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.6 above the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 75%. Across public schools in Mobile County, the average is 67%.
Kate Shepard Elementary School scores 39.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 29.2%.
Federal survey data for Mobile County show that the median household income is $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 107 public schools in Mobile County, enrolling about 59,070 students in all.
The shortest distance from Kate Shepard Elementary School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to HL Sonny Callahan School for the Deaf and Blind. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Kate Shepard Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment climbed 3% from its 2020-21 level of 561.
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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
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- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,339 students
- Murphy High SchoolHigh · 1,212 students
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- Lillie B Williamson High SchoolHigh · 889 students
Nearby schools
- HL Sonny Callahan School for the Deaf and Blind0.1 mi · 45
- Elizabeth Fonde Elementary School0.9 mi · 663
- Olive J Dodge Elementary School1.3 mi · 862
- Denton Magnet School of Technology1.5 mi · 334
- WP Davidson High School1.5 mi · 1,470
- Covenant Academy of Mobile1.7 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Kate Shepard Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kate Shepard Elementary School?
Kate Shepard Elementary School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kate Shepard Elementary School serve?
Kate Shepard Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kate Shepard Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kate Shepard Elementary School is approximately 18.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kate Shepard Elementary School?
At Kate Shepard Elementary School, the student body is approximately 19% White, 7% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Kate Shepard Elementary School?
Kate Shepard Elementary School is overseen by Mobile County in Mobile County.
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