The College Academy @ BC is a joint venture between The School Board of Broward County and

Broward College Broward College is a public college based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Miramar, Florida, Pembroke Pines, Florida and Davie, Florida. It is a member of the Florida College System, and offers several associate and baccalaureate degree programs. H ...

. The College Academy @ BC offers high school juniors and seniors enrolled as full-time students in the program the opportunity to receive a high school diploma from The School Board of Broward County, Florida and an Associate of Arts (AA) degree from Broward College. The rigorous nature of the program helps students qualify for the State of Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The College Academy is designed for students who have the maturity required for college campus life and the academic ability to handle the rigor of college work. Both high school and dual enrollment courses are taught on the BC Central and North campuses. An extension to North Campus has been opened in the fall of 2015. Students take between 12 and 18 college credits Fall and Winter Terms and approximately 6 college credits Session I of the Summer Term. Students must maintain a 2.5 unweighted grade point average in order to remain at The College Academy.

Eligibility

* Must be in 10th grade when applying * Must be a Broward County resident, but exceptions can be made under certain circumstances. * Applicants must have a 3.25 unweighted average. * Completion of Geometry, World History, and HOPE before the start of their junior year. * Good behavior/attendance record * Two years of one foreign language are strongly recommended. * Must earn required scores on ACCUPLACER before acceptance.

Calendar

College Academy students and faculty follow the Broward College calendar. Both Broward College and College Academy classes will begin the fourth week in August.

Demographics

As of the 2021–22 school year, the total student enrollment was 451. The ethnic makeup of the school was 58.8%

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, 34.6%

Hispanic The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...

, 25.5%

Black Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''P ...

, 11.3% Asian, 0.4%

Pacific Islander Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...

, 3.5%

Multiracial The term multiracial people refers to people who are mixed with two or more races (human categorization), races and the term multi-ethnic people refers to people who are of more than one ethnicity, ethnicities. A variety of terms have been used ...

, and 0.4% Native American or

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. Gender make-up is 64.5% female and 35.5% male.

References

External links

The school's official webpageBroward Schools webpageNiche webpage/State of Florida Bright Futures Requirements
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