Orchard Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Mobile, Alabama, Orchard Elementary School works with 622 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Mobile County. Enrollment runs roughly 30% bigger than the state mean of about 480.

Orchard Elementary School is one of 85 schools operated by Mobile County, a district that hosts 49,946 students overall.

Demographically, Orchard Elementary School reports that nearly all students (82%) are Black. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Orchard Elementary School shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Orchard Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.1%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of +7.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate median household income runs about $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Mobile County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), Orchard Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

ClarkShaw Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Orchard Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

Orchard Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 25%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 622 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 1% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Orchard Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.