Baker High School

Baker High School is a high school in Mobile, AL that enrolls 2,491 students in grades 9-12, putting it among the larger public campuses in the Mobile County school district. That headcount is above the 591-student average for schools in the district.

EDFacts assessment data puts 54% of students at or above grade level in combined math and reading, a little above the national midpoint where roughly half of tested students clear the bar. That is 12 points above the 42% average for the Mobile County school district. Against the 45% Alabama statewide average, the school sits 9 points higher.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 29 points. As a high school, it reports a 86% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 18.2 to 1, above the U.S. average of roughly 16 to 1. 42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It receives Title I federal funding, which flags a higher share of low-income students rather than measuring school quality.