📍 1236 South Oates Street, Dothan, Houston County, 36031
Dothan Preparatory Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dothan, Houston County. The school has 1,133 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dothan City school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
Dothan Preparatory Academy enrolls 1,133 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 60 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Black or African American, 24% White and 7.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 740 | 65% |
| White | 271 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 89 | 7.9% |
| Asian | 16 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
878 of the school's 1,133 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dothan Preparatory Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-10.
Dothan Preparatory Academy is one of 18 schools in Dothan City, based in DOTHAN, Alabama. The district serves 8,220 students district-wide and employs 444 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,133 students, Dothan Preparatory Academy is larger than the district average of about 457 students per school.
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