Mary G Montgomery High School

Set in Semmes, Alabama, Mary G Montgomery High School is a roomy four-year high school, part of Mobile County. It serves 1,888 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 682 students each, so Mary G Montgomery High School sits 177% above that benchmark.

Mary G Montgomery High School is one of 85 schools operated by Mobile County, a district that teaches 49,946 students overall.

On demographics, Mary G Montgomery High School shows that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest reads as 28% Black, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Mary G Montgomery High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Mobile County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mary G Montgomery High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.0%; actual is 17.9%, a gap of -30.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Mobile County shows median household income runs about $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Mary G Montgomery High School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

Nearest neighbor: Semmes Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Mary G Montgomery High School. On composite proficiency, Mary G Montgomery High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.

Mary G Montgomery High School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mary G Montgomery High School has declined 6%, going from 2,000 students in 2018 to 1,888 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 61% across the same window.

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