Breitling Elementary School, Grand Bay AL

Original Research by School Decision on Breitling Elementary School

Breitling Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in Grand Bay, an unincorporated, predominantly rural community in southwestern Mobile County. The area retains a strong agricultural identity, with pecan orchards, watermelon farming, satsumas, and peaches, while also functioning as a residential community within the Mobile metropolitan area. Many pecan orchards have been converted to residential home sites over time, and the population has seen a modest decline in recent years. Grand Bay is car-dependent and spread along U.S. Route 90, with no traditional walkable downtown. The community’s civic anchors include the Grand Bay-St. Elmo Community Center, Odd Fellows Festival Park, and the Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Breitling is a regular public school within the Mobile County school system. Its enrollment is relatively small for its grade band, and a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of students who are two or more races, Hispanic, or Black, and very small shares of Asian students.

State assessment results from the most recent testing year show a picture that varies by subject and grade. In English language arts, the share of students meeting proficiency standards was solid across the tested grades. Third graders and fifth graders posted stronger results, while fourth graders were a bit lower. In math, proficiency rates were lower across all three tested grades, with a steady decline from third to fifth grade. In science, where only fourth graders are tested, the proficiency rate was in a similar range as math. Overall, when combining all tested subjects and grades, Breitling’s proficiency index sits above the midpoint relative to other elementary schools in Mobile County, meaning its composite academic performance is stronger than that of many of its county peers. The school’s multi-year data contains only a single year of results, so trends cannot yet be assessed.

For a school serving only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to consider. The school’s civil rights data, including information on students with disabilities and English learners, was not available in the data provided. A parent looking for those details would need to check directly with the school or the district.

Grand Bay’s housing market is moderately priced compared to national benchmarks, and the area’s rural setting means families generally need a car for transportation. High school students from Grand Bay attend Alma Bryant High School in Irvington, a neighboring community, so the elementary years at Breitling are just the first step in a longer pathway through Mobile County schools.

Breitling Elementary offers a standard elementary curriculum in a rural setting with a student body that is not very diverse. Its academic results are mixed, with English language arts being a relative strength and math a softer area. Families considering the school will want to understand how the school supports math learning and whether the available services for students with disabilities or English learners meet their child’s needs. The school’s position above the midpoint among county schools suggests solid overall performance, but the softer math results and the limited data on special populations are points a parent may want to explore further with the school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 37% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 35% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 37% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 57%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 54% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 570%

School 70% · District 63% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Science

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 38% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

This schoolMobile County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income61%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income54%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income54%20 pp gap