Mattie T Blount High School

Mattie T Blount High School operates as an expansive 9-12 campus in Eight Mile, Alabama, part of Mobile County. Current enrollment sits at 1,058 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 55% larger than typical.

Within Mobile County, which oversees 85 schools and 49,946 students, Mattie T Blount High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mattie T Blount High School records that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 2% 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 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Mattie T Blount High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mobile County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mattie T Blount High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 27.6%; this one comes in at 8.8%, -18.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Mobile County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,880 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which Mattie T Blount High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Indian Springs Elementary School, around 1.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mattie T Blount High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mattie T Blount High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mattie T Blount High School has rose 11%, going from 952 students in 2018 to 1,058 in 2025.

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