LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute

LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Montgomery, Alabama, operated by LIFE Academy, serveing 599 students in grades K through 7. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute is a school of LIFE Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute reports that nearly all students (93%) are Black. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute higher than the state norm the norm. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Montgomery County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.1%; this one delivers 19.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $59,386, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Montgomery County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students), of which LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute is one.

The closest other public school is Carver Senior High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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