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Schools in Semmes · Mobile County School District

Semmes’s public schools score below 76% of Alabama districts on tests and graduation

Math proficiency in Semmes’s districts is 21%, below the Alabama average (27%). The grade covers the public school district serving Semmes, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Alabama, not nationally.

#155of 187 Alabama townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Alabama state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

41%

▼ 6 pts vs AL 47%

2021–22

Math proficiency

21%

▼ 6 pts vs AL 27%

2021–22

Graduate on time

83%

▼ 7 pts vs AL 90%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$15.0K

▲ 8% vs AL $13.9K

FY2024

Students per teacher

17.9

AL 17.0 · larger classes

Schools in town

48,744 students on the public path

In brief

Semmes’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 233 Alabama towns with household incomes within a quarter of Semmes’s, its schools beat 8%, lower than their 24% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 41% of tested students were proficient in reading and 21% in math, against 47% and 27% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

83% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Alabama. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $14,984 per student, against $13,926 across Alabama (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

51 elementary schools, then 21 middle and 13 high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Choice beyond the district

Stanford Christian Academy (private) is in town. Every school ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Semmes’s grade

C⁺ Test scoresC⁻ Graduation

C−: better than 24% of Alabama school districts, #155 of 187 Alabama towns. Both inputs trail the Alabama average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Alabama school districts we grade (146)Better than 24%

Lower resultsHigher results

Alabama towns with similar household incomes (233)Better than 8%

C⁻CA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 26,109 test results and a graduating class of 3,442 could put Semmes anywhere from C− to C. The tests are from spring 2022, when 98% of Semmes’s students in the tested grades sat them (26,141 in math, 26,077 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Semmes, with each school’s own grade.

51 schools teach K in Semmes’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A+, so check the specific school.

Semmes’s public schools score below 76% of Alabama districts on tests and graduation

Semmes’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

51 elementary schools, then 21 middle and 13 high schools

Choice beyond the district

What’s behind Semmes’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Well below the state in reading

Semmes vs. its neighbors

Every school in Semmes

Questions about Semmes’s schools

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