Mobile County Training Middle School

Mobile County Training Middle School, a very small middle school in Mobile, Alabama, one of the schools within Mobile County, serves 193 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 62% below the state mean of about 508.

Within Mobile County, which oversees 85 schools and 49,946 students, Mobile County Training Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mobile County Training Middle School lists that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Mobile County Training Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mobile County Training Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 15.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Mobile County shows median household earnings sit near $58,880, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Mobile County Training Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Whitley Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mobile County Training Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mobile County Training Middle School's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 182 (now 193). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.