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What's one thing ORourke Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
799
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237001813
ORourke Elementary School
1975 Leroy Stevens Rd, Mobile, AL 36695 · (251) 221-1585 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL799 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
464 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 | 66 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
68%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
66.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
46.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 ORourke Elementary School
ORourke Elementary School's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORourke Elementary School this school | 799 | 58.1% | 55.9% |
| Oxford Elementary School Oxford | 837 | 56.3% | 59.0% |
| Elsie Collier Elementary School Mobile | 731 | 56.0% | 55.1% |
| De Armanville Elementary School Anniston | 478 | 54.0% | 63.4% |
| Allentown Elementary School Semmes | 843 | 58.7% | 52.9% |
| Jim Pearson Elementary School Alexander City | 704 | 60.8% | N/A |
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 ORourke Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #235 of 626 | #12 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #238 of 626 | #13 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #272 of 626 | #12 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 799 | #55 of 709 | #8 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #534 of 655 | #33 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #28 of 658 | #2 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #370 of 696 | #42 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #94 of 364 | #14 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
799
-93 (-10%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 1,039
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 799 | 42.5 | 18.8:1 | 58% (464) |
| 2023-24 | 813 | 44.6 | 18.2:1 | 54% (435) |
| 2022-23 | 862 | 44.5 | 19.4:1 | 53% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 892 | 47 | 19.0:1 | 54% (486) |
| 2017-18 | 1,000 | 56.8 | 17.6:1 | 57% (571) |
| 2015-16 | 1,060 | 53 | 20.0:1 | 34% (363) |
| 2010-11 | 888 | 54 | 16.4:1 | 56% (498) |
| 2000-01 | 1,039 | 68 | 15.3:1 | 31% (321) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ORourke Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,000 to 799); teachers down 25% (56.8 to 42.5).
About ORourke Elementary School
ORourke Elementary School is a public elementary school in Mobile, Alabama. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 799 students. Elementary schools in Alabama have about 480 students on average; enrollment here is 66% higher.
Mobile County, which runs ORourke Elementary School, has 85 schools and 49,946 students.
Of every 100 students at ORourke Elementary School, about 40 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 37% Black, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Census figures show Mobile County is about 56% White. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at ORourke Elementary School are from different groups.
ORourke Elementary School has 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 18.8:1. Elementary schools in Alabama have an average ratio of 17.0:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 58%. The rate at public schools in Mobile County averages 67%, higher than here.
On BeatsExpectations, ORourke Elementary School is 14.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mobile County show that the median household earns about $58,880 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Mobile County, 107 public schools serve about 59,070 students.
Measured in a straight line, Bernice J Causey Middle School is about 1.5 miles from ORourke Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, ORourke Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count decreased 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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 Mobile
- Baker High SchoolHigh · 2,271 students
- WP Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,339 students
- Murphy High SchoolHigh · 1,212 students
- ER Dickson Elementary SchoolElementary · 967 students
- Lillie B Williamson High SchoolHigh · 889 students
Nearby schools
- Bernice J Causey Middle School1.5 mi · 1,339
- Baker High School1.8 mi · 2,271
- Hutchens Elementary School3.6 mi · 539
- Burns Middle School3.7 mi · 568
- Dawes Intermediate School4.1 mi · 515
- Augusta Evans School4.2 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About ORourke Elementary SchoolHow many students attend ORourke Elementary School?
ORourke Elementary School enrolls approximately 799 students in grades PK-05.
Is ORourke Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
ORourke Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ORourke Elementary School have?
ORourke Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
How diverse is ORourke Elementary School?
ORourke Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 9% Hispanic, 37% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is ORourke Elementary School in?
ORourke Elementary School is part of Mobile County.
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