College Academy @ BCC

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The College Academy @ Broward Community College is a public high school in Broward County, Florida. The school is a college preparatory school at which the students spend their junior and senior years of high school working toward an Associate of Arts degree at Broward Community College. All Broward County public school students who have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher are sent a letter in their sophomore year of high school notifying them of their eligibility to enroll in the College Academy. Of the students that apply, only the top so many students are accepted into the program.

The College Academy @ Broward Community College is a full-time, dual-enrollment collegiate high school program that is a partnership between BCC and the Broward County Public Schools. It offers motivated high school juniors and seniors the chance to finish their high school education and complete their first two years of college simultaneously.

The College Academy @ Broward Community College, in collaboration with students, parents, and Broward Community College, endeavors to provide an educational bridge from high school to college for accelerated students who wish to begin the pursuit of their goals through dual enrollment. The College Academy strives to enable students to achieve their academic and personal potentials and to become confident, self-directed, lifelong learners. The program offers qualified students the opportunity to receive a college-ready diploma from the School Board of Broward County and an Associate of Arts (AA) degree from Broward Community College concurrently. It also provides the opportunity for students to qualify for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program as a Florida Academic Scholar or a Florida Merit Scholar. As a College Academy student, all tuition and books are provided for all coursework at no cost to participants. Students earn credits by taking two college classes in the morning and three classes with The College Academy in the afternoon. Most of The College Academy classes are dual enrollment meaning they earn both high school and college credits. In other words, the freshman and sophomore years of college are free of charge.

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The College Academy @ Broward Community College was established in 2001 in partnership with The School Board of Broward County, and is located on the Central Campus of Broward Community College. This extraordinary program has impressive results. 96% of the first graduating class of 111 students and 95% of the second class of 164 students earned a high school diploma and an Associate in Arts degree concurrently. 98% of the graduates continued their academic studies at colleges and universities in Florida and throughout the nation. The program is successful because of the strong cooperative relationship between Broward Community College and the school district.

  • College Academy students finished first in the county as juniors in 2006 on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test.
  • They also finished first in the county and sixth statewide in the 2006 science portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.
  • As seniors, they posted the highest ACT and Scholastic Aptitude Test scores in Broward.
  • Each of the 172 seniors earned Bright Futures scholarships, and as a group, they bagged more than $3 million in scholarship aid.





School Enrollment: 305
White students: 53%
Black students: 17%
Hispanic students: 22%
Asian students: 9%
Native American students: .7%
Multi-racial/other students: 1.4%
Female students: 66.7%
Male students: 33.3%

Stability: 96.5%
Dropout rate: 0.0%
High School graduation rate: 100.0%


Average class size in math classes: 22.8

Teachers with master's degree: 83.4%
Teacher experience average: 11.6

Total staff: 10
Prc. of staff in administration: 10.0%
Prc. of staff in instruction: 70.0%
Prc. of staff in support: 20.0%



Statistics about COLLEGE ACADEMY AT BCC in FL


Expenditures per exceptional pupil: $0
Expenditures per regular pupil: $6,582
Expenditures per at risk pupil: $0
Expenditures per vocational pupil: $0
Total operating expenditure: $6,582
Limited English Proficient students: 0.0%
Students absent 21+ days: 2.6%
In-school suspensions: 0.0%
Out-of-school suspensions: 0.0%


Incidents of Crime and Violence:
Violent Acts Against Persons: 0
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: 0
Property: 0
Fighting and Harassment: 0
Weapons Possession: 0
Other Nonviolent Incidents and Disorderly Conduct: 1
Total: 1