Facts About Church Hill Academy and the Church Hill Neighborhood

The needs of adolescent youths in Church Hill are staggeringly high. Without an education tailored to their spiritual and intellectual needs, the kids have almost no alternatives to the drug trade.
Because we keep the teacher-student ratio at Church Hill Academy so small, we have the ability to attend to the specific needs of each student. The students have varying academic abilities, so the teachers will target those areas most in need of improvement. The classes, then, will be very small. In it's first year of operation, Church Hill Academy will have 3 full time teachers and two volunteer part time teachers for 10 students.
The mission of Church Hill Academy, then, is to train and equip and the young men and women of Church Hill with the skills necessary in becoming responsible, virtuous, and articulate men and women. At Church Hill Academy, an education is not understood as an end in-and-of-itself but as a means necessary for individuals to become men and women of character.
Fast Facts about Church Hill:
1. 82% of children live in single-parent households
2. 37% of individuals live below the poverty line ($17,400 for a family of four
3. 50% of 9th graders will finish high school; just 10% of those that do go to college
4. 38-40% unemployment