Mary W Burroughs Elementary School

As a close-knit K-5 school in Theodore, Alabama, Mary W Burroughs Elementary School instructs 404 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Mobile County.

Mary W Burroughs Elementary School is one of 85 schools operated by Mobile County, a district that serves 49,946 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mary W Burroughs Elementary School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 14% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mobile County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mary W Burroughs Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.4%; this one delivers 26.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Mobile County shows median household earnings sit near $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mary W Burroughs Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

Katherine H Hankins Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mary W Burroughs Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mary W Burroughs Elementary School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 12%: 362 students in 2018 compared to 404 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 22% to 14% across the same window.

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