Old Shell Road Magnet School

Old Shell Road Magnet School is an elementary-level community of intimate scale in Mobile, Alabama, part of Mobile County, educateing 369 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 23% below typical.

Within Mobile County, which oversees 85 schools and 49,946 students, Old Shell Road Magnet School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Old Shell Road Magnet School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 27% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Old Shell Road Magnet School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Old Shell Road Magnet School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mobile County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Old Shell Road Magnet School ranks in the top 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.8%; Old Shell Road Magnet School posts 81.5%, +35.7 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mobile County put 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. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which Old Shell Road Magnet School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Phillips Preparatory Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Old Shell Road Magnet School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Old Shell Road Magnet School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 28%: 511 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 34% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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