High · Alabama

Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy

CharterFree meals for all

Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy, a public high school in Mobile, Alabama: grades 6–11, 235 students, 26.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
235
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Students per teacher
26.1
Grades
6–11
High

More students per teacher than 99% of high schools in Alabama

Median 17.2 · 318 schools compared

More students per teacher than 96% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 92% of high schools in Alabama

Median 526 · 323 schools compared

Smaller than 66% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alabama's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Alabama: 60%

57%proficient

A higher share proficient than 62% of high schools in Alabama

Median 55% · 93 high schools compared

142 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Alabama: 35%

20%proficient

A higher share proficient than 62% of high schools in Alabama

Median 17% · 91 high schools compared

109 students tested, grades 6, 7 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 6–11
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts.

Location

Address
3100 Cottage Hill Road, Mobile, AL 36606
Phone
(251)289-9437
City or town
Mobile

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Acceleration Day and Evening AcademyCharterFree meals for all
9–1251321.4——
WP Davidson High SchoolFree meals for all
9–121,47018.6——
Murphy High SchoolFree meals for all
9–121,21216.4——
6–1288917.123%1.9%
Continuous Learning CenterAlternativeFree meals for all
6–1225915.2——
10–12————

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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