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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000935
Mary W Burroughs Elementary School
6875 Burroughs Ln, Theodore, AL 36582 · (251) 221-1077 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Alabama public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
326 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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 | 24 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
51%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
37.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
18.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Mary W Burroughs Elementary School
Mary W Burroughs Elementary School's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary W Burroughs Elementary School this school | 404 | 80.7% | 26.1% |
| C L Salter Elementary School Talladega | 353 | 81.3% | 33.4% |
| Hidden Lake Primary School Dothan | 476 | 83.4% | N/A |
| Beverlye Intermediate School Dothan | 338 | 84.0% | 20.2% |
| Pike County Elementary School Brundidge | 454 | 79.7% | 52.5% |
| Selma Street Elementary School Dothan | 421 | 85.0% | 39.6% |
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 Mary W Burroughs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #553 of 626 | #46 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #528 of 626 | #44 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #562 of 626 | #46 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #432 of 709 | #41 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #561 of 655 | #40 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #296 of 658 | #24 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #80 of 696 | #20 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.6% | #126 of 262 | #8 of 21 |
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
404
+48 (+13%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 404 | 21 | 19.2:1 | 81% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 86% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 85% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 20 | 17.8:1 | 86% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 18.2 | 19.9:1 | 86% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 19 | 17.4:1 | 63% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 89% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 88% (401) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 28 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary W Burroughs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (362 to 404); teachers up 15% (18.2 to 21).
About Mary W Burroughs Elementary School
Mary W Burroughs Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in Theodore, Alabama. The school reports 404 students in pre-K through 5.
Mobile County enrolls 49,946 students, and its 85 schools include Mary W Burroughs Elementary School.
At Mary W Burroughs Elementary School, Black students make up 68% of the student body. It is also 14% White, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Mobile County is roughly 36% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 21 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.2:1. That is 2.2 students per teacher above the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Mary W Burroughs Elementary School is 81%. For comparison, public schools in Mobile County average 67%.
Mary W Burroughs Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mary W Burroughs Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 26.1%. Predicted: 25.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Mobile County, the median household income is $58,880, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. In all, Mobile County has 107 public schools and roughly 59,070 students.
The shortest distance from Mary W Burroughs Elementary School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Katherine H Hankins Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Mary W Burroughs Elementary School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Mary W Burroughs Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 356 in 2020-21 to 404 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 17.8 in 2020-21 to 19.2 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Mobile County
- Baker High SchoolHigh · 2,271 students
- Mary G Montgomery High SchoolHigh · 1,888 students
- Alma Bryant High SchoolHigh · 1,624 students
- WP Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,339 students
- Theodore High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
Other schools in Theodore
- Theodore High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- Katherine H Hankins Middle SchoolMiddle · 771 students
- Nan Gray Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
Nearby schools
- Katherine H Hankins Middle School0.8 mi · 771
- Theodore High School1.4 mi · 1,218
- Nan Gray Davis Elementary School1.6 mi · 499
- WC Griggs Elementary School3.0 mi · 601
- Hollingers Island Elementary School4.2 mi · 255
- Pearl Haskew Elementary4.2 mi · 546
Frequently asked questions
About Mary W Burroughs Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mary W Burroughs Elementary School?
Mary W Burroughs Elementary School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mary W Burroughs Elementary School serve?
Mary W Burroughs Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mary W Burroughs Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mary W Burroughs Elementary School is approximately 19.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary W Burroughs Elementary School?
At Mary W Burroughs Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 9% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary W Burroughs Elementary School?
Mary W Burroughs Elementary School is overseen by Mobile County in Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.