Cobb Preparatory Academy

Cobb Preparatory Academy is a small elementary school in Anniston, Alabama, run under Anniston City. The school works with 270 students in grades pre-K through K. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Cobb Preparatory Academy sits 44% below that benchmark.

Within Anniston City, which oversees 5 schools and 1,821 students, Cobb Preparatory Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Cobb Preparatory Academy shows that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 4% multiracial, 3% White, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Calhoun County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Cobb Preparatory Academy reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Calhoun County indicate median household earnings sit near $55,029, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Calhoun County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students), of which Cobb Preparatory Academy is one.

Randolph Park Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cobb Preparatory Academy.

Cobb Preparatory Academy operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Cobb Preparatory Academy's enrollment has grew 93% since 2018, when it stood at 140 (now 270). The Black share of enrollment declined from 96% to 89% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, 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.