Peter F Alba Middle School

Peter F Alba Middle School is a moderately sized middle school in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, operated by Mobile County. The school educates 443 students in grades 6 through 8.

Mobile County comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 49,946 students; Peter F Alba Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Peter F Alba Middle School shows that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Black, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Peter F Alba Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 34.2%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the surrounding community, Mobile County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,880 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Mobile County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), Peter F Alba Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Dixon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Peter F Alba Middle School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.1%.

Peter F Alba Middle School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Peter F Alba Middle School has fell 13%, going from 512 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Peter F Alba Middle School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.