Summary:
Zip code 36604 in Mobile, Alabama, is home to just one elementary school, Leinkauf Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 5 and is part of the Mobile County school district.
For parents considering this area, Leinkauf Elementary is a high-poverty school (87% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch) that shows a mixed academic profile. The standout strength is 5th grade math, where 49% of students are proficient—this is more than 10 points above the state average and 15 points above the district average. However, this success is not consistent across all grades and subjects. The most concerning trend is a dramatic decline in 4th grade math, which fell from 52% proficiency in 2024-2025 to just 31% in 2025-2026—a drop of nearly 21 points. This same cohort scored well in 3rd grade, suggesting a possible grade-level instructional issue. Science is another critical weakness, with only 22% of 4th graders proficient compared to the state average of 50%, a gap of 28 points that has remained stubbornly flat over two years. English scores are consistently below state averages across all grades, with 4th grade showing the largest deficit at nearly 22 points below the state.
On a positive note, the school's chronic absenteeism rate (11.6%) is actually better than both the district and state averages, and 3rd grade English improved slightly year-over-year. The school's overall state ranking has been volatile, improving from 481st in 2023-2024 to 407th in 2024-2025, then slipping back to 470th in 2025-2026, earning a 2-star rating. With a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1 and per-student spending of $9,649, resources are modest. While Leinkauf shows it can achieve strong results in specific areas like 5th grade math despite its challenges, parents should be aware that 4th grade math and science, along with English across all grades, need significant attention and likely targeted interventions to bring performance closer to state averages.
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