📍 9960 School House Rd, Grand Bay, Mobile County, 36541
Cora Castlen Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grand Bay, Mobile County. The school has 439 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mobile County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
Cora Castlen Elementary enrolls 439 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 11% Black or African American and 4.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 353 | 80% |
| Black or African American | 48 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 4.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
280 of the school's 439 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cora Castlen Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-10.
Cora Castlen Elementary is one of 92 schools in Mobile County, based in Mobile, Alabama. The district serves 49,946 students district-wide and employs 2,913 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 439 students, Cora Castlen Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 543 students per school.
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