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Castlen Elementary School Description/History

Castlen Elementary, serving a rural community, extends its school zone from the Mississippi state line to St. Elmo, and from Miller's Creek south to land's end.  A 436 student enrollment represents a varied population consisting of .52% Asian/Pacific, .41% Hispanic, 7.35% black, .52% Native American, and 91.2% white.  65% of students receive free and reduced lunch.

Students represent homes from a variety of economic backgrounds - fishermen, farmers, plant workers, offshore workers, doctors, lawyers, teachers and homemakers to name a few.  A significant portion of students live in single parent homes and a number are living in foster homes or with grandparents.  Nearly 10% of students qualify for the Migrant program due to parents working in the fishing and agricultural industries.

Castlen houses 5 special education teachers, which represent the following programs:  Collaborative, Speech Language Impaired, and PACE.  Three resource aides also assist in providing services.  Students also receive weekly services from an occupational therapist, ESL teachers, and hearing impaired teachers.  A migrant advocate serves migrant students and families.

In addition to students with exceptionalities, we have other students with special needs.  Standardized test scores, CRT, DIBELS, and reading inventories identify students with academic deficiencies and are served by reading resource teachers and resource aides.  The migrant, homeless, neglected and delinquent students at Castlen Elementary are also identified as "At Risk", and are provided every service.  Identified students are sent to Rose Raines in Student Services, Uniforms, field trips costs, and supplies are provided through community groups.  Mobile County Board policy is followed to ensure students register and stay in school.

All students were considered when composing the School Action for Excellence document.