📍 6400 Howells Ferry Rd, Mobile, Mobile County, 36618
Orchard Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mobile, Mobile County. The school has 539 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mobile County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
Orchard Elementary School enrolls 539 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Black or African American, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 436 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 8.2% |
| White | 35 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 3.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
455 of the school's 539 students (84%) 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.
Orchard Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-20.
Orchard Elementary School 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 539 students, Orchard Elementary School is close to the district average of about 543 students per school.
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