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Taylor White Elementary School
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Taylor White Elementary School
Set in Mobile, Alabama, Taylor White Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community, run under Mobile County. It enrolls 446 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Within Mobile County, which oversees 85 schools and 49,946 students, Taylor White Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Taylor White Elementary School shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 33% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Taylor White Elementary School logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Taylor White Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mobile County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Taylor White Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.0%.
In the broader community, Mobile County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Taylor White Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).
Elsie Collier Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Taylor White Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.5%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 19%: 374 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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