Whitley Elementary School

Whitley Elementary School is one of the intimate K-5 schools in Prichard, Alabama, overseen by Mobile County, with 237 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Whitley Elementary School is one of 85 schools operated by Mobile County, a district that teaches 49,946 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Whitley Elementary School lists that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Whitley Elementary School reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 87% of students at Whitley 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whitley Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.5%; this one delivers 30.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,880 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Whitley Elementary School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

The closest other public school is CF Vigor High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Whitley Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Whitley Elementary School's enrollment has declined 28% since 2018, when it stood at 330 (now 237). Class-load math has fell: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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