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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000966
SpencerWestlawn Elementary School
3071 Ralston Rd, Mobile, AL 36606 · (251) 221-1705 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
386 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 | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
21%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
51.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
32.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 18% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Alabama's top 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 SpencerWestlawn Elementary School
SpencerWestlawn Elementary School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpencerWestlawn Elementary School this school | 428 | 90.2% | 36.3% |
| Morris Elementary School Montgomery | 414 | 90.3% | 31.4% |
| Morningside Elementary School Mobile | 480 | 90.8% | 30.4% |
| Maryvale Elementary School Mobile | 475 | 89.3% | 25.5% |
| Forest Hill Elementary School Mobile | 478 | 88.1% | 36.0% |
| Fitzpatrick Elementary School Montgomery | 385 | 90.1% | 18.9% |
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 SpencerWestlawn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #449 of 626 | #32 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #387 of 626 | #30 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #451 of 626 | #36 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #402 of 709 | #38 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #405 of 655 | #16 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #561 of 658 | #45 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #12 of 696 | #6 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #53 of 364 | #10 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
428
-46 (-10%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 428 | 24.4 | 17.5:1 | 90% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 21.4 | 19.0:1 | 93% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 24.4 | 18.9:1 | 93% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 93% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 95% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 31 | 22.9:1 | 74% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 90% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 82% (405) |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 34 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SpencerWestlawn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (576 to 428); teachers down 30% (35 to 24.4).
About SpencerWestlawn Elementary School
SpencerWestlawn Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Mobile, Alabama, under Mobile County. The student body numbers 428 students, from pre-K through 5.
The district for SpencerWestlawn Elementary School is Mobile County, with 85 schools and 49,946 students.
Black students are the large majority at SpencerWestlawn Elementary School, with 89% of enrollment. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% White. By comparison, Mobile County residents are about 36% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at SpencerWestlawn Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
The school employs the equivalent of 24.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.5:1. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is about 17.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 90%. On average, public schools in Mobile County report 67%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 18.5% for SpencerWestlawn Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 36.3%. The 17.8-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Alabama schools.
Within Mobile County, 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.
Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy is located about 0.8 miles from SpencerWestlawn Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. SpencerWestlawn Elementary School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, SpencerWestlawn Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 474 in 2020-21 and 428 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at SpencerWestlawn Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy0.8 mi · 235
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Frequently asked questions
About SpencerWestlawn Elementary SchoolHow large is SpencerWestlawn Elementary School?
SpencerWestlawn Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
Is SpencerWestlawn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
SpencerWestlawn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SpencerWestlawn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SpencerWestlawn Elementary School is approximately 17.5:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SpencerWestlawn Elementary School?
At SpencerWestlawn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 3% Hispanic, 89% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is SpencerWestlawn Elementary School in?
SpencerWestlawn Elementary School is part of Mobile County.
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