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 has 292 students.
- In 2018, 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 may earn up to 32 credits over the course of their four year careers.
- 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 succeed in college preparatory classes.
- Students in the honors track may take up to 8 "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 and A.P. Spanish.
- As of August, 2018, 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.
- In 2017-18 national language exams for Spanish and Latin, 41 students from St. Michael received either gold, silver or bronze medals for their performance, just over one-fifth of the school.
- In 2017-18, the music program received straight "superior" ratings in state competitions: two in band, and one in chorus.
- Of the 29 professional staff, 80% have advanced degrees: three with Ph.D's, one with an M.D., one with a J.D., and eighteen with M.A.'s or M.S.'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 ten different varsity sports: Football, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Cross Country (men and women), Basketball (M, W), Baseball, Soccer (M, W), Swimming (M, W), Bowling (M, W) and Tennis (M, W). There are JV teams in Volleyball, Basketball, and Soccer.
- 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.