Wilmer Elementary School

Wilmer Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Wilmer, Alabama, part of Mobile County. Current enrollment sits at 443 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Mobile County runs 85 schools in total, collectively educating 49,946 students. Wilmer Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Wilmer Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Wilmer 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 45.7%.

In the surrounding community, Mobile County reports that median household income runs about $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Mobile County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), Wilmer Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

J E Turner Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wilmer Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilmer Elementary School has decreased 26%, going from 600 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 64% across the same window.

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