ORourke Elementary School

ORourke Elementary School, a roomy elementary-level community in Mobile, Alabama, one of the schools within Mobile County, enrolls 799 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 66% above the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

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

In terms of who attends, ORourke Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Black, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 56% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mobile County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ORourke Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 55.9%, a residual of +14.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Mobile County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,880 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ORourke Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

Bernice J Causey Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ORourke Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 1,000 students in 2018 compared to 799 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 51% to 40%. Class-load math has rose: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.