Tanner Williams Elementary School

Tanner Williams Elementary School is a low-enrollment K-5 school in Wilmer, Alabama, run under Mobile County. The school serves 304 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% leaner than the state mean of about 480.

Mobile County comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 49,946 students; Tanner Williams Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Tanner Williams Elementary School records that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mobile County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tanner Williams Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 60.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Mobile County shows median household income runs about $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. Tanner Williams Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

Nearest neighbor: Taylor White Elementary School, around 4.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tanner Williams Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 33.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 307 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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