Breakthrough Charter School

Breakthrough Charter School is one of the close-knit unified-grade schools in Marion, Alabama, run under Breakthrough Charter School, with 375 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 11. That puts it 44% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 673 students.

Operationally, Breakthrough Charter School answers to Breakthrough Charter School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Breakthrough Charter School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 28% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Perry County (around 80%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Breakthrough Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 27.4%, a residual of -6.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Perry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $37,654 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Breakthrough Charter School is one of 3 public schools in Perry County (combined enrollment of about 1,190 students).

The closest other public school is Francis Marion School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Breakthrough Charter School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site. Breakthrough Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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