Fast Facts About St. Michael
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- St. Michael was founded in 2016 by the Archdiocese of Mobile. In its first year, it had 99 freshmen and sophomores. In 2017, it had 192 freshmen, sophomores and juniors. In 2018, its first year as a 9-12 school, it had 292 students. The school anticipates 320 students for its fourth year.
- The student body hails from 21 different zip codes in Baldwin and Mobile counties. 77% are Roman Catholic. 8% are non-white.
- St. Michael is fully accredited by SACS/Advanced Ed.
- St. Michael requires four years of Math, Science, English, Theology and History, together with two years of foreign language and two years of the arts. Students earn 32 credits over the course of their four years with St. Michael.
- St. Michael is a college preparatory school, with two academic levels, depending on a student's ability, previous training and work ethic: a "Collegiate Studies" level and an " Honors/A.P. " level.
- St. Michael supports students with special needs by offering an "Aegis" class as one of their eight classes/year, though all students are expected to work hard and succeed in college preparatory classes.
- Students in the honors track may take up to 9 "Advanced Placement" classes during their tenure, including A.P. Physics, A.P. Calculus, A.P. Government, A.P. U.S. History, A.P. Geography, A.P. English Composition, A.P. English Literature, A.P. Spanish and A.P. Psychology.
- The first graduating class of St. Michael, the Class of 2019, had 46 graduates. 70% received scholarship offers to attend college totaling over $4,100,000. Two members of this class are now seminarians for the Archdiocese of Mobile.
- The top quartile of the Class of 2019 has an average A.C.T. score of a 32. The top decile has an average score of 34.6.
- On the 2019 National Language Exams, 59 students from St. Michael earned medals for exceptional performance, gold, silver or bronze. On the 2018 exams, 41 earned medals.
- In 2019, for the second straight year, both band and choral programs received "superior" ratings in state competitions.
- Of the 29 professional staff, 80% have advanced degrees: two with Ph.D's. Twenty six are Roman Catholic (90%). The average # of years experience as a teacher is approximately 17 years.
- Teachers are available to give students extra help from 3:10 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Monday through Thursday.
- The Cardinal athletic program plays at the 3A level and features teams in eleven different varsity sports: Football, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Cross Country (Men and Women), Basketball (M, W), Baseball, Soccer (M, W), Swimming (M, W), Bowling (M, W), Track (distance only) and Tennis (M, W). There are JV teams in Volleyball, Basketball, and Soccer.
- In 2019, its first year as a recognized varsity program, volleyball, cheerleading, girls' basketball, cross country, track (distance) and both soccer teams qualified for state play-offs.
- At new student orientation, every student and teacher is "sorted" into one of four "Houses," each named after an early bishop of the (arch)diocese of Mobile. The Houses are "Portier," "Quinlan," "O'Sullivan" and "Allen." The purpose of the Houses is to provide an additional layer of friendship, community and fun among the students and teachers, even as each House competes against the others for the annual "House Cup" via games, charitable drives and academic contests.