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ORourke Elementary School

Summary:

ORourke Elementary School is a public elementary school in Mobile, Alabama, serving 862 students in grades PK-5 and part of the Mobile County School District.

ORourke Elementary has a diverse student population, with 44.43% White, 35.96% African American, 6.5% Hispanic, 5.92% Asian, and 6.73% two or more races. The school has shown strong academic performance, ranking in the top half of Alabama elementary schools and outperforming the Mobile County and Alabama averages in English Language Arts. ORourke has also performed well for several student subgroups, including African American, English Language Learners, and Special Education students.

However, ORourke Elementary's statewide ranking has declined over the years, and the school faces some challenges, including disparities in the performance of different student subgroups and socioeconomic factors that may impact student learning. When compared to nearby schools, ORourke generally performs better than some, such as WC Griggs Elementary and Olive J Dodge Elementary, but lags behind higher-performing schools like Dawes Intermediate and Elsie Collier Elementary.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1975 Leroy Stevens Rd
       Mobile, AL  36695

(251) 221-1585

District: Mobile County

SchoolDigger Rank:
319th of 684 Alabama Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,469 Help


Students who attend ORourke Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Bernice J Causey Middle School
High:    Baker High School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.2 Help
Number of students:  813

Racial breakdown:

White:
42.8%
African American:
35.5%
Two or more races:
8.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  53.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details ORourke Elementary School ranks better than 53.4% of elementary schools in Alabama. It also ranks 15th among 50 ranked elementary schools in the Mobile County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.69. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (42.8%), African American (35.5%), two or more races (8.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 53.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at ORourke Elementary School is 18.2, which is the 22nd best among 50 elementary schools in the Mobile County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at ORourke Elementary School is $8,469. 49 elementary schools in the Mobile County School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

ORourke Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks ORourke Elementary School 319th of 684 Alabama public elementary schools. (See ORourke Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Mobile County:

SchoolDigger ranks Mobile County 96th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for ORourke Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 72.49 132nd 623 78.8%
2005 68.90 180th 688 73.8%
2006 67.21 191st 689 72.3%
2007 71.25 178th 698 74.5%
2008 72.16 157th 698 77.5%
2009 69.75 176th 696 74.7%
2010 80.77 63rd 704 91.1%
2011 79.59 69th 709 90.3%
2012 70.90 171st 696 75.4%
2013 70.74 162nd 696 76.7%
2014 72.95 144th 695 79.3%
2015 80.39 105th 691 84.8%
2016 67.89 195th 691 71.8%
2017 74.55 149th 688 78.3%
2018 79.22 126th 680 81.5%
2019 65.38 220th 681 67.7%
2021 66.55 215th 692 68.9%
2022 58.30 288th 687 58.1%
2023 61.47 249th 680 63.4%
2024 53.69 319th 684 53.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 79.40 15th 70 78.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 59.87 27th 123 78.0%
2024 39.02 78th 131 40.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 65.14 62nd 280 77.9%
2018 62.28 91st 344 73.5%
2019 54.83 143rd 392 63.5%
2021 52.00 153rd 398 61.6%
2022 50.32 144th 345 58.3%
2023 68.27 71st 373 81.0%
2024 44.59 192nd 395 51.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 89.50 28th 567 95.1%
2018 73.30 136th 651 79.1%
2019 47.69 354th 649 45.5%
2021 60.98 241st 653 63.1%
2022 50.41 333rd 651 48.8%
2023 54.64 278th 623 55.4%
2024 53.35 321st 670 52.1%
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Rank History for Homeless students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.99 7th 39 82.1%
2019 34.32 27th 38 28.9%
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Rank History for Female students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 73.37 135th 639 78.9%
2018 79.80 108th 640 83.1%
2019 67.30 177th 646 72.6%
2021 67.61 183rd 656 72.1%
2022 59.07 253rd 656 61.4%
2023 66.95 206th 645 68.1%
2024 60.61 241st 650 62.9%
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Rank History for Male students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 72.27 142nd 639 77.8%
2018 77.63 132nd 650 79.7%
2019 62.11 231st 650 64.5%
2021 61.91 235th 669 64.9%
2022 59.18 261st 669 61.0%
2023 52.90 311th 649 52.1%
2024 43.11 391st 655 40.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.44 17th 18 5.6%
2022 43.93 11th 17 35.3%
2023 2.09 19th 19 0.0%
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Rank History for African American students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 57.13 108th 336 67.9%
2018 74.73 71st 423 83.2%
2019 60.13 131st 426 69.2%
2021 59.21 136th 426 68.1%
2022 57.24 144th 426 66.2%
2023 59.11 130th 427 69.6%
2024 58.69 135th 420 67.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 71.74 29th 164 82.3%
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Rank History for White students at ORourke Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 66.27 112th 369 69.6%
2018 75.57 103rd 508 79.7%
2019 63.14 159th 529 69.9%
2021 61.67 171st 539 68.3%
2022 58.64 199th 540 63.1%
2023 58.74 198th 528 62.5%
2024 44.30 304th 535 43.2%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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by a citizen
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Open Quote Wonderful school!!! As a former parent and former educator, I must say that O'Rourke Elementary is Mobile's best kept secret. Close Quote



Enrollment information for ORourke Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1992 578 124 14 2 0 n/a n/a -1 717
1993 618 121 13 3 1 n/a n/a 0 756
1994 610 133 18 3 0 n/a n/a -25 739
1995 698 120 22 8 1 n/a n/a 0 849
1996 698 120 22 8 1 n/a n/a 0 849
1997 754 149 26 7 0 n/a n/a 0 936
1998 819 180 25 6 2 n/a n/a 0 1032
1999 836 179 20 6 7 n/a n/a 0 1048
2000 780 173 18 2 4 n/a n/a 0 977
2001 805 191 24 4 3 n/a n/a 12 1039
2002 653 216 27 4 0 n/a n/a 0 900
2003 653 216 27 4 0 n/a n/a 0 900
2004 636 247 32 2 1 n/a n/a 19 937
2005 646 265 58 12 0 n/a n/a 0 981
2006 616 251 57 11 0 n/a n/a 5 940
2007 563 277 56 23 3 n/a n/a 7 929
2008 558 289 50 27 0 n/a n/a 0 924
2009 546 284 55 26 0 n/a n/a 0 911
2010 505 274 58 23 1 n/a n/a 21 882
2011 522 281 57 27 1 0 0 0 888
2012 538 306 62 36 2 2 20 0 966
2013 572 361 61 28 2 1 21 0 1046
2014 544 325 60 31 3 1 22 0 986
2015 532 323 68 52 3 2 43 0 1023
2016 546 348 68 62 3 0 33 0 1060
2017 568 341 57 64 3 0 52 0 1085
2018 512 314 63 57 4 0 50 0 1000
2019 503 345 64 62 4 2 55 0 1035
2020 499 357 59 64 3 1 55 0 1038
2021 418 307 55 63 4 1 44 0 892
2022 364 323 46 61 3 1 55 0 853
2023 383 310 51 56 3 1 58 0 862
2024 348 289 43 63 2 1 67 0 813

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at ORourke Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 717 31.0 23.1 n/a
1993 756 38.0 19.9 n/a
1994 739 38.0 19.4 n/a
1995 849 43.1 19.7 n/a
1996 849 43.1 19.7 n/a
1997 936 47.2 19.8 23.7
1998 1032 54.5 18.9 23.2
1999 1048 63.0 16.6 17.2
2000 977 65.0 15.0 18
2001 1039 68.0 15.3 31.3
2002 900 60.0 15.0 40
2003 900 60.0 15.0 40
2004 937 64.5 14.5 43.4
2005 981 62.0 15.8 46.9
2006 940 63.0 14.8 47.8
2007 929 61.0 15.2 43.4
2008 924 59.7 15.5 50.4
2009 911 60.6 14.9 51.6
2010 882 53.0 16.6 56.1
2011 888 54.0 16.4 56.1
2012 966 51.0 18.9 56.3
2013 1046 65.0 16.0 57.6
2014 986 57.0 17.2 56.5
2015 1023 54.0 18.9 34.3
2016 1060 54.0 19.6 34.2
2017 1085 54.8 19.7 36.3
2018 1000 56.8 17.6 57.1
2019 1035 51.0 20.2 56.7
2020 1038 54.0 19.2 55.3
2021 892 47.0 18.9 54.5
2022 853 42.0 20.3 53
2023 862 44.5 19.3 53.5
2024 813 44.6 18.2 53.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio ORourke Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 717 31.0 23.1 n/a
1993 756 38.0 19.9 n/a
1994 739 38.0 19.4 n/a
1995 849 43.1 19.7 n/a
1996 849 43.1 19.7 n/a
1997 936 47.2 19.8 23.7
1998 1032 54.5 18.9 23.2
1999 1048 63.0 16.6 17.2
2000 977 65.0 15.0 18
2001 1039 68.0 15.3 31.3
2002 900 60.0 15.0 40
2003 900 60.0 15.0 40
2004 937 64.5 14.5 43.4
2005 981 62.0 15.8 46.9
2006 940 63.0 14.8 47.8
2007 929 61.0 15.2 43.4
2008 924 59.7 15.5 50.4
2009 911 60.6 14.9 51.6
2010 882 53.0 16.6 56.1
2011 888 54.0 16.4 56.1
2012 966 51.0 18.9 56.3
2013 1046 65.0 16.0 57.6
2014 986 57.0 17.2 56.5
2015 1023 54.0 18.9 34.3
2016 1060 54.0 19.6 34.2
2017 1085 54.8 19.7 36.3
2018 1000 56.8 17.6 57.1
2019 1035 51.0 20.2 56.7
2020 1038 54.0 19.2 55.3
2021 892 47.0 18.9 54.5
2022 853 42.0 20.3 53
2023 862 44.5 19.3 53.5
2024 813 44.6 18.2 53.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for ORourke Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,295 (15.3%) $7,138 (84.3%) $8,469

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on ORourke Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 220th of 681 Elementary schoolsRanks 249th of 680 Elementary schools
 4.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (ORourke Elementary School)62.549.6
 12.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Mobile County)53.734.6
 19%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Alabama)57.543.6
 13.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (ORourke Elementary School)52.234
 18.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Mobile County)45.527
 18.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)47.334.9
 12.4%
5th Grade Mathematics (ORourke Elementary School)57.743
 14.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Mobile County)46.932.6
 14.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.933.9
 10.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students1035862
 16.7%
African American345310
 10.1%
American Indian43
 25%
Asian6451
 20.3%
Hispanic6256
 9.7%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White503383
 23.9%
Two or More Races5558
 5.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients56.7%53.5%
 3.2%

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Frequently Asked Questions about ORourke Elementary School

Students who attend ORourke Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bernice J Causey Middle School
High : Baker High School

Students at ORourke Elementary School are 43% White, 36% African American, 8% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 813 students attended ORourke Elementary School.

ORourke Elementary School ranks 319th of 684 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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