Leinkauf Elementary School

Leinkauf Elementary School is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in Mobile, Alabama, part of Mobile County, teacheing 542 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, Leinkauf Elementary School logs that nearly all students (88%) are Black. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Mobile County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Leinkauf Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 20.6%; this one delivers 43.8%, a residual of +23.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Mobile County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,880 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Leinkauf Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

The closest other public school is Lillie B Williamson High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Leinkauf Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Leinkauf Elementary School has fell 12%, going from 618 students in 2018 to 542 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 94% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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