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How has Peter F Alba Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
443
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000895
Peter F Alba Middle School
14180 S Wintzell Ave, Bayou La Batre, AL 36509 · (251) 824-4134 · Mobile County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Alabama public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
309 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 134 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 37% |
Student demographics
57%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
53.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
16.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Peter F Alba Middle School
Peter F Alba Middle School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter F Alba Middle School this school | 443 | 69.8% | 34.2% |
| CE Hanna School Hobson City | 536 | 61.2% | 57.5% |
| Grand Bay Middle School Grand Bay | 751 | 59.8% | 36.9% |
| Clanton Intermediate School Clanton | 630 | 60.0% | 42.7% |
| Williams Intermediate School Pell City | 598 | 62.0% | 49.4% |
| Denton Magnet School of Technology Mobile | 334 | 51.2% | 72.8% |
Matched among Alabama middle 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 Peter F Alba Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #171 of 260 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #181 of 260 | #10 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #144 of 260 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #136 of 265 | #10 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #143 of 244 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #81 of 246 | #6 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #82 of 264 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #65 of 151 | #9 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
443
-98 (-18%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 1,230
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 443 | 24 | 18.5:1 | 70% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 24 | 19.7:1 | 75% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 75% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 75% (404) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 23 | 22.3:1 | 75% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 46% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 72% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 71% (416) |
| 1990-91 | 1,230 | 61 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peter F Alba Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (512 to 443); teachers up 4% (23 to 24).
About Peter F Alba Middle School
Peter F Alba Middle School is a middle-grades school in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, reachable at (251) 824-4134. A federal count lists 443 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
Peter F Alba Middle School sits within Mobile County, which has 85 schools and 49,946 students.
By race and ethnicity, Peter F Alba Middle School is 63% White. After that, the student body is 13% Black, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Peter F Alba Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.5:1, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Alabama have a similar average ratio of 17.9:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 70% of enrollment.
allk12 grades Peter F Alba Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Alabama schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Peter F Alba Middle School's results are within a point of predicted: 34.2% against 33.3%.
Mobile County has about 412,590 residents, and median household income is about $58,880, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Mobile County number 107 and enroll about 59,070.
Dixon Elementary School is the closest public school, about 3.3 miles away in a straight line. Peter F Alba Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 45.3%, higher than Peter F Alba Middle School's 34.2%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 18%, from 541 to 443. By 2024-25, the school had 18.5 students per teacher, compared with 21.6 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Nearby schools
- Dixon Elementary School3.3 mi · 526
- Alma Bryant High School3.7 mi · 1,624
- Anna F Booth Elementary School4.1 mi · 391
- Saint Elmo Elementary School7.9 mi · 451
- Grand Bay Middle School8.2 mi · 751
- Cora Castlen Elementary8.4 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Peter F Alba Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Peter F Alba Middle School?
Peter F Alba Middle School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Peter F Alba Middle School serve?
Peter F Alba Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Peter F Alba Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Peter F Alba Middle School is approximately 18.5:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Peter F Alba Middle School?
Peter F Alba Middle School reports a student body of 63% White, 8% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Peter F Alba Middle School?
Peter F Alba Middle School is overseen by Mobile County in Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.