Summary:
Zip code 36582 in Theodore, Alabama, is served by a single public high school, Theodore High School, which enrolls 1,218 students in grades 9-12 and is part of the Mobile County school district.
Theodore High School is showing one of the most dramatic academic turnarounds in the state. Between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, mathematics proficiency more than tripled from 8.7% to 24.9%, while science proficiency jumped from 18.5% to 27.7% and English from 10.9% to 21.6%. This improvement propelled the school's state ranking from 283rd to 208th out of roughly 380 schools, moving it from the bottom quarter to the 45th percentile. Despite these gains, the school still trails state averages in all subjects, with English remaining the weakest area at 21.6% proficiency compared to the state's 33.7%. The school outperforms its district in math (24.9% vs. 22.1%) but lags in English and science.
With 67.3% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, Theodore High School serves a predominantly low-income population yet achieves a graduation rate of 88.4%, which exceeds the district's 85.9% but falls below the state's 91.5%. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.5% is a concern, exceeding both district (12.8%) and state (12.0%) averages. Per-student spending of $8,813 and a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1 suggest modest resources, making the recent academic gains particularly noteworthy. The most recent dropout data from 2018-2019 showed a rate of 6.7%, higher than the district's 5.2%, leaving questions about whether improved test scores have translated to better retention. Overall, this school appears to be in the midst of a positive transformation, though closing the gap with state averages in English and addressing absenteeism remain key challenges.
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