📍 5840 Corporate Way Ste 100, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, 33407
Believers Academy is a Special Education serving high age pupils, located in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County. The school has 94 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Palm Beach school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 49%. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Believers Academy enrolls 94 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 67% male and 33% female. A teaching staff of 7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Black or African American, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 16% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 60 | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 20% |
| White | 15 | 16% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
59 of the school's 94 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 58 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Believers Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. 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 FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 30, state house district 88.
Believers Academy is one of 234 schools in PALM BEACH, based in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. The district serves 189,634 students district-wide and employs 11,177 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 94 students, Believers Academy is smaller than the district average of about 810 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize