Mary B Austin Elementary School

Mary B Austin Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Mobile, Alabama, part of Mobile County, with 506 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Across the 85 schools in Mobile County (49,946 students total), Mary B Austin Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Mary B Austin Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Mary B Austin Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 57% of students at Mary B Austin Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mary B Austin Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.3%; this one delivers 52.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Mobile County) shows that median household income runs about $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which Mary B Austin Elementary School is one.

Phillips Preparatory Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mary B Austin Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Mary B Austin Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mary B Austin Elementary School has remained close to its prior level, going from 507 students in 2018 to 506 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 49% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

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.