Enrollment
237
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000968
Whitley Elementary School
528 Capt Leon C Roberts, Prichard, AL 36610 · (251) 221-1737 · Mobile County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL237 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
207 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
2%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
44.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
23.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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%.
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 Whitley Elementary School
Whitley Elementary School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitley Elementary School this school | 237 | 87.3% | 30.3% |
| George Hall Elementary School Mobile | 244 | 85.2% | 19.1% |
| Eutaw Primary School Eutaw | 282 | 89.4% | 55.1% |
| Robinson Primary School Fairfield | 238 | 86.6% | N/A |
| Livingston Junior High School Livingston | 216 | 83.3% | 30.7% |
| Glen Oaks Intermediate School Fairfield | 275 | 88.7% | 27.6% |
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 Whitley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #508 of 626 | #42 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #476 of 626 | #35 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #506 of 626 | #40 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 237 | #622 of 709 | #56 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #324 of 655 | #9 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.7% | #658 of 658 | #56 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #26 of 696 | #10 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.2% | #41 of 364 | #6 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
237
-56 (-19%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 237 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 87% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 15 | 15.8:1 | 90% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 16 | 16.7:1 | 91% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 16 | 18.3:1 | 87% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 16 | 20.6:1 | 88% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 82% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 19 | 17.5:1 | 88% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 99% (379) |
| 1990-91 | 428 | 25 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (330 to 237); teachers down 12% (16 to 14).
About Whitley Elementary School
Whitley Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school based in Prichard, Alabama. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 237 students in 2024-25. The school is 51% below the average for elementary schools in Alabama.
Mobile County includes 85 schools. Together they enroll 49,946 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Whitley Elementary School is Black, at 99%. Among all residents of Mobile County, the Black share is about 36%. The diversity index for Whitley Elementary School is 2%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 14 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1. The 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is close to this figure. The school reported 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 67% average for public schools in Mobile County is 20 points.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 20.5%.
Census data for Mobile County show median household income comes to about $58,880, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county has 107 public schools and about 59,070 students.
Whitley Elementary School's nearest public school is CF Vigor High School (about 0.8 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Whitley Elementary School. Whitley Elementary School places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 19% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.9:1) than in 2020-21 (18.3:1).
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Mobile County
- Baker High SchoolHigh · 2,271 students
- Mary G Montgomery High SchoolHigh · 1,888 students
- Alma Bryant High SchoolHigh · 1,624 students
- WP Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,339 students
- Theodore High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
Other schools in Prichard
- CF Vigor High SchoolHigh · 620 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- WD Robbins Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- TL Faulkner SchoolHigh
Nearby schools
- CF Vigor High School0.8 mi · 620
- Mobile County Training Middle School0.9 mi · 193
- Grant Elementary School1.2 mi · 285
- Chickasaw City High School1.5 mi · 241
- Chickasaw Middle School1.5 mi · 143
- Alabama Destinations Career Academy1.5 mi · 1,663
Frequently asked questions
About Whitley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Whitley Elementary School?
Whitley Elementary School enrolls approximately 237 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Whitley Elementary School serve?
Whitley Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whitley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whitley Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Whitley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Whitley Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 99% Black.
What district is Whitley Elementary School in?
Whitley Elementary School is part of Mobile County.
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