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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000907
W H Council Traditional School
751 Wilkinson St, Mobile, AL 36603 · (251) 221-1139 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
279 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
44%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
98.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
79.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
87.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+38.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 39 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 W H Council Traditional School
W H Council Traditional School's state test result (87.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W H Council Traditional School this school | 577 | 48.4% | 87.5% |
| Woodland Forrest Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 544 | 55.1% | 33.2% |
| EicholdMertz School of Math and Science Mobile | 504 | 38.1% | 92.4% |
| Bear Exploration Center Montgomery | 507 | 37.3% | 79.2% |
| Taylorville Primary School Tuscaloosa | 578 | 58.7% | N/A |
| Westview Elementary School Phenix City | 563 | 44.4% | 36.1% |
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 W H Council Traditional School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #6 of 626 | #2 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #11 of 626 | #2 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #2 of 626 | #1 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #199 of 709 | #13 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #518 of 655 | #28 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #361 of 658 | #29 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #503 of 696 | #51 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #163 of 364 | #20 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
577
-127 (-18%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 577 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 48% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 45% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 34 | 18.7:1 | 46% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | 36 | 19.6:1 | 46% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 34 | 19.6:1 | 47% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | 35 | 19.5:1 | 25% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 47% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 40% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 24 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W H Council Traditional School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (668 to 577); teachers down 9% (34 to 31).
About W H Council Traditional School
W H Council Traditional School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Mobile, Alabama. The school's 577 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students each.
Mobile County serves 49,946 students across 85 schools.
Black students make up a majority at W H Council Traditional School, at 72%. The next largest groups are 16% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Mobile County overall, about 36% of residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 31 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 18.6:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 48%. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Mobile County, the school's rate is lower.
W H Council Traditional School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for W H Council Traditional School is 48.8%. It actually posts 87.5%, which is 38.6 points higher and in the top 10% of Alabama schools.
Federal survey data for Mobile County show that the median household income is $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 107 public schools in Mobile County, enrolling about 59,070 students in all.
Nearest public school: Barton Academy For Advanced World Studies, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. W H Council Traditional School is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place W H Council Traditional School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 577, an 18% decrease from 704 in 2020-21.
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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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- Lillie B Williamson High School1.5 mi · 889
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Frequently asked questions
About W H Council Traditional SchoolHow many students attend W H Council Traditional School?
W H Council Traditional School enrolls approximately 577 students in grades PK-05.
Is W H Council Traditional School an elementary, middle, or high school?
W H Council Traditional School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at W H Council Traditional School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at W H Council Traditional School is approximately 18.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is W H Council Traditional School?
W H Council Traditional School reports a student body of 16% White, 2% Hispanic, 72% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees W H Council Traditional School?
W H Council Traditional School is overseen by Mobile County in Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.