Private & international schools in Mobile

Start with Dogwood Lane or Mobile Street and the child’s phase

St. Paul’s gives 161 Dogwood Lane, while UMS-Wright gives 65 Mobile Street. Book a division-specific visit and discuss arrival, afternoon activities and collection at the selected school. These two addresses should not become a shared campus or application simply because the schools appear in the same Mobile collection.

St. Paul’s separates PreK–Grade 2, Grades 3–4, Middle School Grades 5–8 and Upper School Grades 9–12 in its curriculum explanation. Its upper-school course sits within an Episcopal setting. UMS-Wright’s academic page identifies Lower, Middle and Upper School, with Middle Grades 5–8 and Upper Grades 9–12. Ask how the child’s completed subjects, language and learning needs will be reviewed at the receiving division; the high-school course should not be assigned to a younger class.

Sources: St. Paul’s Mobile: Dogwood Lane and phase-specific curriculum · UMS-Wright: Mobile Street contact address · UMS-Wright: middle and upper phases

Distinguish school AP study from independently taken college courses

St. Paul’s describes a four-year upper-school programme emphasising writing across disciplines, critical thinking and service. Request the intended cohort’s course and graduation plan, including any advanced-subject prerequisites, rather than infer a complete current AP menu from that general curriculum page.

UMS-Wright’s directly read 2026–27 profile lists AP and honours courses subject to a recommendation process and describes AP Seminar and AP Research within its Capstone offer. It also says it does not offer dual enrolment: pupils may take college-level courses independently, but those grades are not published on the school transcript and the relevant table gives no UMS-Wright credit for online college courses. Ask how any proposed outside study fits graduation, workload and the receiving college’s decision; independent enrolment is a different arrangement from school-awarded dual credit.

Sources: St. Paul’s Mobile: Dogwood Lane and phase-specific curriculum · UMS-Wright: 2026–27 AP recommendations and outside-course credit limits

Read the published PreK cohort and support category

St. Paul’s current application page specifies that PreK applicants must turn four by 1 September 2027. It distinguishes the younger assessment and recommendations from older pupils’ tests, records and shadowing. Applicants seeking its Alternative Instruction Program (AIP) for diagnosed learning differences must follow the grade-level process and submit current psycho-educational testing. Discuss whether the appropriate class and support can be offered; the named programme is not an individual acceptance decision.

UMS-Wright’s admission page describes entrance examinations, school records and interviews or references, and asks for a separate application for each pupil. Its open-house dates are still to be announced. Both schools publish fee pages headed 2026–27: St. Paul’s distinguishes standard tuition, AIP and after-school categories, while UMS-Wright links additional fees and describes payment-plan costs. Request the intended year’s complete quotation, including testing, examinations, books, support and insurance; current-year headings do not settle a 2027 intake’s total.

Sources: St. Paul’s Mobile: dated PreK age and AIP assessment file · St. Paul’s Mobile: 2026–27 standard, AIP and after-school categories · UMS-Wright: entry examinations, records and separate applications · UMS-Wright: 2026–27 fees and payment-plan questions

Compare documented pathways and campuses

These are the pathways recorded for each included campus. Online provision appears separately. A senior qualification does not establish provision in younger years.

Parent questions about Mobile schools