SpencerWestlawn Elementary School

SpencerWestlawn Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Mobile, Alabama, overseen by Mobile County. Current enrollment sits at 428 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 85 schools in Mobile County (49,946 students total), SpencerWestlawn Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, SpencerWestlawn Elementary School logs that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SpencerWestlawn Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 90% of students at SpencerWestlawn Elementary School qualify 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SpencerWestlawn Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Alabama schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 18.5%; actual is 36.3%, +17.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate median household income runs about $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Mobile County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), SpencerWestlawn Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SpencerWestlawn Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SpencerWestlawn Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 26%: 576 students in 2018 compared to 428 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.