Magic City Acceptance Academy

Set in Birmingham, Alabama, Magic City Acceptance Academy is a close-knit secondary school, run under Magic City Acceptance Academy. It educates 345 students across grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 49% below typical.

Magic City Acceptance Academy sits inside Magic City Acceptance Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Magic City Acceptance Academy logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 30% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at Magic City Acceptance Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Magic City Acceptance Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Magic City Acceptance Academy is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hall Kent Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Magic City Acceptance Academy at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. Magic City Acceptance Academy 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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