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Tanner Williams Elementary School

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Tanner Williams Elementary School ranks 214 th of 680 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

214^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 69% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Tanner Williams Elementary School is a public elementary school in Wilmer, Alabama, serving 334 students in grades PK-5 and part of the Mobile County School District. The school consistently ranks in the top half of Alabama elementary schools, with strong academic performance, particularly in English/Language Arts and science.

Tanner Williams Elementary outperforms the Mobile County and Alabama averages on state assessments. In 2024-2025, the school's 5th-grade English proficiency rate was 81.13%, compared to 62.55% for the county and 67.41% for the state. In mathematics, the school's 3rd-grade proficiency rates range from 46.51% to 58.33%, higher than the district and state averages. The school's science proficiency rates for 4th grade are also consistently above the district and state levels.

While the school has a higher percentage of white students and economically disadvantaged students compared to the district and state, it provides a relatively low student-teacher ratio and slightly higher per-student spending. However, the school has experienced fluctuations in chronic absenteeism rates, an area of concern that the school and district should address to ensure continued academic success.

304

Students ?

15.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,125

Per pupil spending ?

48.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

13700 Tanner Williams Rd
Wilmer, AL 36587

(251) 221-1675

District: Mobile County

Students who attend Tanner Williams Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Semmes Middle School
High:	Mary G Montgomery High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

90.8%

African American:

3.0%

Hispanic:

3.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 78th percentile in 2015 → 69th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Alabama average (60% vs 52% meeting standards)

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Mobile County

✓Above the Alabama median (69th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school60%

District avg46%

Alabama avg52%

214^th of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Top 31%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From top 22% (2015) to top 31% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 49Elementary Schools in the Mobile County

94^th of 135Mobile County among Alabama districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	67.8	214 of 680	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	74.0	164 of 684	76.0%	★★★★☆
2023	77.9	128 of 680	81.2%	★★★★☆
2022	70.1	181 of 687	73.7%	★★★★☆
2021	65.2	225 of 692	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.4	198 of 681	70.9%	★★★★☆
2018	70.2	196 of 680	71.2%	★★★★☆
2017	68.0	191 of 688	72.2%	★★★★☆
2016	62.9	238 of 691	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2015	72.7	155 of 691	77.6%	★★★★☆
2014	59.1	270 of 695	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2013	71.5	148 of 696	78.7%	★★★★☆
2012	62.5	292 of 696	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2011	62.8	288 of 709	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2010	72.3	154 of 704	78.1%	★★★★☆
2009	79.9	78 of 696	88.8%	★★★★☆
2008	67.8	201 of 698	71.2%	★★★★☆
2007	67.8	206 of 698	70.5%	★★★★☆
2006	61.4	251 of 689	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2005	54.2	327 of 688	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2004	69.4	158 of 623	74.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	67.3	196 of 649	69.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.3	184 of 650	71.7%	★★★★☆
2023	74.3	141 of 645	78.1%	★★★★☆
2022	64.5	212 of 656	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	57.5	268 of 656	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.8	230 of 646	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	62.6	237 of 640	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2017	64.6	203 of 639	68.2%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	70.5	161 of 660	75.6%	★★★★☆
2024	67.6	192 of 670	71.3%	★★★★☆
2023	69.6	153 of 623	75.4%	★★★★☆
2022	58.2	263 of 651	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	87.2	35 of 653	94.6%	★★★★★
2019	66.3	179 of 649	72.4%	★★★★☆
2018	68.6	171 of 651	73.7%	★★★★☆
2017	77.3	72 of 567	87.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	65.3	226 of 651	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	74.6	150 of 655	77.1%	★★★★☆
2023	79.4	105 of 649	83.8%	★★★★☆
2022	73.5	150 of 669	77.6%	★★★★☆
2021	71.0	166 of 669	75.2%	★★★★☆
2019	70.6	168 of 650	74.2%	★★★★☆
2018	76.8	140 of 650	78.5%	★★★★☆
2017	67.6	179 of 639	72.0%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	51.8	264 of 532	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.9	197 of 535	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.2	160 of 528	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.8	237 of 540	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.4	256 of 539	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.3	242 of 529	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.7	260 of 508	48.8%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)76th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)70th percentile~ school

Male (2025)65th percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)50th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English65%~ state avg

Science64%+21 vs state

Mathematics54%+12 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, December 15, 2017

This school severely lacks leadership and my child’s will no longer attend because of the bias our family has had to endure from faculty members that have never so much as had the nerve to just come talk to us as a parent Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)			Summative Assessment Science (2025)	Summative Assessment English (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Tanner Williams Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13700 Tanner Williams Rd	Wilmer	36587	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	No	(251) 221-1675	304	20	15.5	48.7%	276 (90.8%)	9 (3.0%)	9 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	67.8	214^th of 680 public elementary schools	68.5%		74	164^th of 684 public elementary schools	76.0%	50	58.3	43.6	60.4	64.1	56.3	57.5	81.1	$10,125	$1,073	$9,042
Taylor White Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	476 Eliza Jordan Road N	Mobile	36608	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 221-1465	446	23	19.8	49.1%	211 (47.3%)	147 (33.0%)	44 (9.9%)	10 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.4%)	69.4	199^th of 680 public elementary schools	70.7%		63.3	238^th of 684 public elementary schools	65.2%	39	42.7	53.8	57.8	56.3	67.2	72.2	71.4	$9,440	$1,019	$8,411
Allentown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10330 Howells Ferry Rd	Semmes	36575	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	No	(251) 221-1000	843	42	20.0	58.7%	435 (51.6%)	254 (30.1%)	86 (10.2%)	11 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (6.8%)	57.2	302^nd of 680 public elementary schools	55.6%		56.7	297^th of 684 public elementary schools	56.6%	5	37.9	40.2	46.4	47.7	71.7	58.3	69.5	$8,533	$890	$7,633
Elsie Collier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	601 Snow Road North	Mobile	36608	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 221-1120	731	43	17.0	56.0%	353 (48.3%)	177 (24.2%)	122 (16.7%)	21 (2.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (7.4%)	59.9	281^st of 680 public elementary schools	58.7%		56.9	294^th of 684 public elementary schools	57.0%	13	37.4	40.2	53.7	55.9	59.8	70.0	68.1	$9,105	$1,091	$7,996
Semmes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10100 Blackwell Nursery Rd S	Semmes	36575	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 221-1630	576	29	19.8	56.3%	360 (62.5%)	129 (22.4%)	48 (8.3%)	7 (1.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.9%)	53.9	323^rd of 680 public elementary schools	52.5%		59.6	273^rd of 684 public elementary schools	60.1%	50	38.4	30.0	56.9	41.4	61.2	61.0	73.5	$8,859	$1,254	$7,595
Wilmer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7456 WilmerGeorgetown Rd	Wilmer	36587	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 221-1780	443	24	18.6	71.6%	282 (63.7%)	15 (3.4%)	108 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.9%)	41.8	410^th of 680 public elementary schools	39.7%		34.2	467^th of 684 public elementary schools	31.7%	57	37.1	33.9	33.3	47.7	63.8	46.2	56.5	$9,866	$1,910	$7,946
Dawes Intermediate School	Public	3-5	10451 West Lake Road	Mobile	36695	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	No	(251) 221-1485	515	25	20.8	37.9%	309 (60.0%)	100 (19.4%)	51 (9.9%)	26 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.4%)	75.1	154^th of 680 public elementary schools	77.4%		80.3	118^th of 684 public elementary schools	82.7%	36	44.9	52.2	60.5	58.6	76.8	71.8	78.4	$8,434	$724	$7,699
Hutchens Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	10005 West Lake Rd	Mobile	36695	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	No	(251) 221-1420	539	33	16.3	41.6%	321 (59.6%)	93 (17.3%)	43 (8.0%)	21 (3.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (10.9%)								(n/a)								$10,910	$2,468	$8,432
ORourke Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1975 Leroy Stevens Rd	Mobile	36695	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 221-1585	799	43	18.8	58.1%	320 (40.1%)	296 (37.0%)	68 (8.5%)	36 (4.5%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (9.1%)	63	246^th of 680 public elementary schools	63.8%		53.7	319^th of 684 public elementary schools	53.4%	73	48.7	48.4	41.2	53.2	66.1	61.3	73.7	$8,469	$1,295	$7,138
Orchard Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6400 Howells Ferry Rd	Mobile	36618	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 221-1571	622	28	21.9	82.5%	31 (5.0%)	513 (82.5%)	46 (7.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	26 (4.2%)	19.2	548^th of 680 public elementary schools	19.4%		17.2	570^th of 684 public elementary schools	16.7%	22	24.6	28.4	21.2	21.6	38.3	44.9	45.2	$9,435	$1,456	$7,969

Frequently Asked Questions about Tanner Williams Elementary School

Is Tanner Williams Elementary School a good school?

Tanner Williams Elementary School ranks 214^th of 680 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Tanner Williams Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Tanner Williams Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Semmes Middle School
High : Mary G Montgomery High School

How many students attend Tanner Williams Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 304 students attended Tanner Williams Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Tanner Williams Elementary School?

Students at Tanner Williams Elementary School are 91% White, 3% African American, 3% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

What district is Tanner Williams Elementary School in?

Mobile County

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