Academy Prep Center of St Petersburg Inc

In our Tampa Bay community, many remarkable young people dream of a real opportunity for success and fulfillment. These children are talented, creative, and have the will to transform their lives – lives that will in turn transform our community. However, these kids live in some of the more impoverished areas of St. Petersburg.

Most live in single-parent households and know few people who have graduated from college. Many of their families live day to day struggling to make ends meet. These tenacious youngsters live among us – just down the road.

In our own back yard, Academy Prep provides one of the most unique education programs in Florida. We are more than a middle school. At the core of our mission, Academy Prep provides an exemplary, college preparatory middle school education coupled with a wide range of life changing services, while closely supporting graduates all the way through high school, college and into their careers. This combination of strategies helps guide Academy Prep students to a life fulfilled.

Academy Prep is transforming lives in the community, one child at a time. Most Academy Prep graduates enter high school at least two years ahead of grade level in reading and math. Academy Prep graduates attend some of the most prestigious high schools in the area and in the country, including Chatham Hall School, St. Andrew’s School, Florida Air Academy, Berkeley Prep, Admiral Farragut Academy, and Tampa Prep.

Additionally, over 91% of Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg students graduate from high school on time, in an area where less than 60% of the adults hold a high school diploma! Students from our first nine graduating classes have gone on to attend and graduate from outstanding universities and colleges throught the country, including: Northwestern University (IL), Howard University (DC), Dickinson College (PA), the University of Florida, Eckerd College, University of Rochester (NY), the University of Central Florida, and Florida A&M University.