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Enrollment
1,888
High
DISTRICT 1,109 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000934
Mary G Montgomery High School
4275 Snow Rd, Semmes, AL 36575 · (251) 221-3153 · Mobile County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,888 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Alabama public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
934 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 2% |
| Grade 9 | 447 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 482 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 462 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 461 | 24% |
Student demographics
54%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
22.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
10.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-30.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mary G Montgomery High School
Mary G Montgomery High School's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary G Montgomery High School this school | 1,888 | 49.5% | 17.9% |
| Hazel Green High School Hazel Green | 1,454 | 40.7% | 39.7% |
| Tuscaloosa County High School Northport | 1,607 | 47.2% | 21.5% |
| Pell City High School Pell City | 1,193 | 55.2% | 19.7% |
| Smiths Station High School Smiths Station | 1,588 | 39.0% | 23.9% |
| Brookwood High School Brookwood | 1,076 | 44.7% | 22.6% |
Matched among Alabama high 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 Mary G Montgomery High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #222 of 305 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #226 of 305 | #9 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #211 of 305 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,888 | #8 of 319 | #2 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #207 of 307 | #12 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #94 of 307 | #5 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #200 of 317 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #138 of 164 | #10 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,888
-92 (-5%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,382
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 1,888 | 105 | 18.0:1 | 49% (934) |
| 2023-24 | 1,918 | 110 | 17.4:1 | 53% (1,009) |
| 2022-23 | 1,965 | 109 | 18.0:1 | 53% (1,033) |
| 2020-21 | 1,980 | 109 | 18.2:1 | 53% (1,051) |
| 2017-18 | 2,000 | 116 | 17.2:1 | 54% (1,071) |
| 2015-16 | 2,096 | 115 | 18.2:1 | 29% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 1,849 | 109 | 17.0:1 | 50% (925) |
| 2000-01 | 1,553 | 84 | 18.5:1 | 29% (454) |
| 1990-91 | 1,382 | 65 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary G Montgomery High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (2,000 to 1,888); teachers down 9% (116 to 105).
About Mary G Montgomery High School
In Semmes, Alabama, Mary G Montgomery High School is a large high school. It reports enrollment of 1,888 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 177% above the average for high schools in Alabama.
Mobile County is the district for Mary G Montgomery High School. It has 85 schools and 49,946 students.
Federal enrollment data show Mary G Montgomery High School is 61% White. Next come 28% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
The school lists 105 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. The average for high schools in Alabama is 17.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 934 students, or 49%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Mobile County, the average is 67%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mary G Montgomery High School lands at D, ahead of 10% of Alabama public high schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Mary G Montgomery High School is 48.0%. It actually posts 17.9%, which is 30.1 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
In Mobile County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $58,880, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county has 107 public schools and about 59,070 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Semmes Elementary School, is the closest to Mary G Montgomery High School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Mary G Montgomery High School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Mary G Montgomery High School enrolled 1,980 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,888.
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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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- Baker High SchoolHigh · 2,271 students
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- WP Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,339 students
- Theodore High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
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Other schools in Semmes
- Semmes Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,181 students
- Allentown Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Semmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
Nearby schools
- Semmes Elementary School0.3 mi · 576
- Semmes Middle School0.8 mi · 1,181
- Allentown Elementary School2.4 mi · 843
- Elsie Collier Elementary School5.4 mi · 731
- Taylor White Elementary School5.6 mi · 446
- Mattie T Blount High School5.9 mi · 1,058
Frequently asked questions
About Mary G Montgomery High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mary G Montgomery High School?
Mary G Montgomery High School enrolls approximately 1,888 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Mary G Montgomery High School serve?
Mary G Montgomery High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Mary G Montgomery High School have?
Mary G Montgomery High School employs 105 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary G Montgomery High School?
At Mary G Montgomery High School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 7% Hispanic, 28% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Mary G Montgomery High School public or private?
Mary G Montgomery High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.