i3 Academy Phase 2

i3 Academy Phase 2 operates as a close-knit middle-grades school in Birmingham, Alabama, run under i3 Academy. Current enrollment sits at 400 students spanning grades 6 through 9. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 21% below typical.

i3 Academy runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 811 students. i3 Academy Phase 2 is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, i3 Academy Phase 2 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jefferson County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, i3 Academy Phase 2 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.9%, the actual is 23.7%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which i3 Academy Phase 2 is one.

The closest other public school is Barrett Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts i3 Academy Phase 2 at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.2%.

i3 Academy Phase 2 operates from a downtown location. i3 Academy Phase 2 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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