W H Council Traditional School

Set in Mobile, Alabama, W H Council Traditional School is an average-sized elementary school, one of the schools within Mobile County. It caters to 577 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% above the state mean of about 480.

Mobile County comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 49,946 students; W H Council Traditional School is among them.

In terms of who attends, W H Council Traditional School shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 16% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, W H Council Traditional School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting W H Council Traditional School higher than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, W H Council Traditional School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 87.5%, a residual of +38.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Mobile County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which W H Council Traditional School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), W H Council Traditional School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 668 students in 2018 compared to 577 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 57% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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