Acceleration Preparatory Academy

Acceleration Preparatory Academy is an intimate 6-8 campus in MOBILE, Alabama, overseen by MAEF Public Charter Schools. The school works with 322 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 37% below the state mean of about 508.

Acceleration Preparatory Academy is one of 2 schools operated by MAEF Public Charter Schools, a district that instructs 835 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Acceleration Preparatory Academy records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Roughly 84% of students at Acceleration Preparatory Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Acceleration Preparatory Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.3%; this one delivers 13.2%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate median household income runs about $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mobile County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), of which Acceleration Preparatory Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Acceleration Day and Evening Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Acceleration Preparatory Academy ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.0%.

Acceleration Preparatory Academy operates from an inner-city location. Acceleration Preparatory Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.