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What's the most underrated thing about Mattie T Blount High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,058
High
DISTRICT 1,109 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000900
Mattie T Blount High School
5450 Lott Road, Eight Mile, AL 36613 · (251) 221-3070 · Mobile County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,058 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Alabama public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.6:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
821 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 252 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 258 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 299 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 249 | 24% |
Student demographics
12%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
7.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
6.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
8.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% 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 Mattie T Blount High School
Mattie T Blount High School's state test result (8.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattie T Blount High School this school | 1,058 | 77.6% | 8.8% |
| Central High School Tuscaloosa | 796 | 78.1% | 9.6% |
| Huffman High SchoolMagnet Birmingham | 1,094 | 79.8% | 8.0% |
| Booker T Washington High Tuskegee | 656 | 80.3% | 15.0% |
| Minor High School Adamsville | 978 | 72.7% | 8.5% |
| Center Point High School Center Point | 685 | 80.7% | 4.6% |
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 Mattie T Blount High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #277 of 305 | #14 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #245 of 305 | #12 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #288 of 305 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,058 | #63 of 319 | #8 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #236 of 307 | #15 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #283 of 307 | #16 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #50 of 317 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.1% | #61 of 130 | N/A |
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
1,058
-4 (0%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 885
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 1,058 | 57 | 18.6:1 | 78% (821) |
| 2023-24 | 1,105 | 59 | 18.7:1 | 86% (953) |
| 2022-23 | 1,176 | 58 | 20.3:1 | 86% (1,014) |
| 2020-21 | 1,062 | 57 | 18.6:1 | 86% (916) |
| 2017-18 | 952 | 52 | 18.3:1 | 86% (822) |
| 2015-16 | 975 | 52 | 18.8:1 | 65% (629) |
| 2010-11 | 1,271 | 80 | 15.9:1 | 83% (1,059) |
| 2000-01 | 740 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 86% (634) |
| 1990-91 | 885 | 46 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mattie T Blount High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (952 to 1,058); teachers up 10% (52 to 57).
About Mattie T Blount High School
Mattie T Blount High School is the name of a large high school in Eight Mile, Alabama. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,058 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Alabama is about 682 students, so this school is 55% bigger than average.
The district, Mobile County, operates 85 schools serving 49,946 students.
The student body at Mattie T Blount High School is 94% Black. Other reported shares: 2% Hispanic. Mobile County's residents are about 36% Black, 58 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 57 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.6:1. That is higher than the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. Eligible students account for 78% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Mobile County is 67%.
The allk12 Grade for Mattie T Blount High School is D. Compared with Alabama public high schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Mattie T Blount High School is 18.8 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Across Mobile County, the median household income is $58,880, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Mobile County is home to 107 public schools and about 59,070 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Indian Springs Elementary School, is about 1.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Mattie T Blount High School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,062) and 2024-25 (1,058).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Eight Mile
- CollinsRhodes Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Indian Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Springs Elementary School1.7 mi · 305
- CollinsRhodes Elementary School2.6 mi · 537
- Orchard Elementary School3.7 mi · 622
- CL Scarborough Model Middle School4.2 mi · 641
- ClarkShaw Magnet School4.3 mi · 582
- John Will Elementary School4.5 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Mattie T Blount High SchoolHow large is Mattie T Blount High School?
Mattie T Blount High School enrolls approximately 1,058 students in grades 09-12.
Is Mattie T Blount High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mattie T Blount High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Mattie T Blount High School have?
Mattie T Blount High School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Mattie T Blount High School?
Student demographics at Mattie T Blount High School are roughly 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 94% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Mattie T Blount High School in?
Mattie T Blount High School is part of Mobile County.
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