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What's something Meadowlake Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237001619
Meadowlake Elementary
8251 Three Notch Rd, Mobile, AL 36619 · (251) 221-1529 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
17.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
235 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 35 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
64%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
54.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
33.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Meadowlake Elementary
Meadowlake Elementary's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowlake Elementary this school | 373 | 63.0% | 42.6% |
| Banks School Banks | 384 | 65.1% | 51.5% |
| Pinecrest Elementary School Sylacauga | 426 | 62.7% | 44.8% |
| Gordo Elementary School Gordo | 545 | 59.1% | 61.0% |
| Mitchell Elementary School Gadsden | 262 | 59.2% | 60.5% |
| Leighton Elementary School Leighton | 355 | 61.4% | 41.1% |
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 Meadowlake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #398 of 626 | #29 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #367 of 626 | #28 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #424 of 626 | #28 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #489 of 709 | #44 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #449 of 655 | #19 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #102 of 658 | #9 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #304 of 696 | #38 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #123 of 364 | #16 of 34 |
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
373
-45 (-11%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 373 | 20.8 | 17.9:1 | 63% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 20.8 | 18.6:1 | 54% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 21.8 | 18.5:1 | 53% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 23 | 18.2:1 | 53% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 23.8 | 18.9:1 | 57% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 22 | 19.8:1 | 41% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 60% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 55% (403) |
| 1990-91 | 738 | 34 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadowlake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (449 to 373); teachers down 13% (23.8 to 20.8).
About Meadowlake Elementary
Meadowlake Elementary is a public elementary school in Mobile, Alabama. Federal data show 373 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Alabama enroll around 480, and this school is 22% below that mark.
Meadowlake Elementary is one of 85 schools in Mobile County, which enrolls 49,946 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Meadowlake Elementary, about 54 are White. After that, the student body is 22% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among Mobile County residents, the White share is about 56%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
There are about 17.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Meadowlake Elementary, which has 20.8. Elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1, 0.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Meadowlake Elementary is about 63%.
Meadowlake Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Meadowlake Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.6%) and its predicted rate (38.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
In the surrounding county, Mobile County, median household income comes to about $58,880, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 107, with about 59,070 students.
Pearl Haskew Elementary is the nearest public school to Meadowlake Elementary, about 3.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 39.6% proficiency; Meadowlake Elementary posts 42.6%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Meadowlake Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Nearby schools
- Pearl Haskew Elementary3.0 mi · 546
- Hutchens Elementary School3.2 mi · 539
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- Dawes Intermediate School3.7 mi · 515
- Burns Middle School3.7 mi · 568
- Nan Gray Davis Elementary School3.9 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Meadowlake ElementaryHow many students attend Meadowlake Elementary?
Meadowlake Elementary enrolls approximately 373 students in grades PK-05.
Is Meadowlake Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meadowlake Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Meadowlake Elementary have?
Meadowlake Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Meadowlake Elementary?
Student demographics at Meadowlake Elementary are roughly 54% White, 11% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Meadowlake Elementary in?
Meadowlake Elementary is part of Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.