Enrollment
196
High
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALHOUN COUNTY·NCES 010054002665
EXCEL Academy
32 Watson Street, Anniston, AL 36206 · (256) 741-6900 · Calhoun County
GRADES 06–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
32.7:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
118 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
26.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
7.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About EXCEL Academy
EXCEL Academy is a four-year high school of very small scale in Anniston, Alabama, overseen by Calhoun County, hosting 196 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 71% leaner than typical.
Calhoun County runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 7,997 students. EXCEL Academy is one of those campuses.
Demographically, EXCEL Academy logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 12% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Calhoun County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, EXCEL Academy logs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 32.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EXCEL Academy falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.2%; this one comes in at 18.1%, -22.2 points off the demographic line.
In the surrounding community, Calhoun County reports that 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%. Across Calhoun County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students), EXCEL Academy is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Saks Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EXCEL Academy at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.8%.
EXCEL Academy operates from a residential location.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Calhoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
116,090
Census ACS
Median income
$55,029
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
16,686 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calhoun County
- Alexandria Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Saks Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Wellborn Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- White Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Alexandria Middle SchoolMiddle · 503 students
Other schools in Anniston
- Saks Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Wellborn Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- White Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Anniston High SchoolHigh · 498 students
- De Armanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Wellborn High SchoolHigh · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Saks Elementary School0.1 mi · 625
- Saks High School0.1 mi · 419
- Anniston Middle School0.8 mi · 357
- Cobb Preparatory Academy2.8 mi · 270
- Randolph Park Elementary School2.8 mi · 339
- Anniston High School2.9 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About EXCEL AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at EXCEL Academy?
EXCEL Academy enrolls approximately 196 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does EXCEL Academy serve?
EXCEL Academy serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at EXCEL Academy?
Approximately 32.7:1 students per teacher at EXCEL Academy.
How diverse is EXCEL Academy?
EXCEL Academy reports a student body of 81% White, 4% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees EXCEL Academy?
EXCEL Academy is overseen by Calhoun County in Calhoun County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.