Satsuma High School

Satsuma High School, a reasonably sized four-year high school in Satsuma, Alabama, operated by Satsuma City, serves 729 students, covering grades 7 through 12.

Satsuma City runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,534 students. Satsuma High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Satsuma High School logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. Other groups include 8% Black, 5% Native American, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 45% of students at Satsuma High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mobile County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Satsuma High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.1%; this one delivers 49.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Mobile County) records that median household earnings sit near $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which Satsuma High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Robert E Lee Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Satsuma High School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 758 students in 2018 compared to 729 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 12% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.