WC Griggs Elementary School

As a moderately sized primary school in Mobile, Alabama, WC Griggs Elementary School caters to 601 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Mobile County. That puts it 25% above the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

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

On demographics, WC Griggs Elementary School logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting WC Griggs Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at WC Griggs Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, WC Griggs Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.0%; this one delivers 38.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Mobile County put median household income runs about $58,880, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Mobile County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), WC Griggs Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Burns Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WC Griggs Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WC Griggs Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. WC Griggs Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 718 (now 601). White enrollment moved from 65% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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