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Alabama Destinations Career Academy

Q: Is Alabama Destinations Career Academy a good school?

Alabama Destinations Career Academy ranks in the bottom 2.1% of Alabama alternative schools.

Q: How many students attend Alabama Destinations Career Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,663 students attended Alabama Destinations Career Academy.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Alabama Destinations Career Academy?

Students at Alabama Destinations Career Academy are 50% White, 39% African American, 6% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

Public, Virtual, Alternative Grades K-12

666^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Alternative Schools

Better than 2% of Alabama alternative schools

Summary

Alabama Destinations Career Academy is an alternative public virtual school located in Chickasaw, Alabama, serving grades K-12 with a total enrollment of 1,544 students. The school is part of the Chickasaw City School District, which is ranked 123 out of 135 districts in Alabama and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The data reveals that Alabama Destinations Career Academy has faced significant challenges in recent years. The school's four-year graduation rates have fluctuated, ranging from 57.0% to 90.0%, while the nearby Augusta Evans School, another alternative school, had a 90.0% four-year graduation rate in 2023-2024. Additionally, Alabama Destinations Career Academy has experienced high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 8.2% to 17.9%, which is similar to the 14.8% rate at the Mobile Mental Health Center, another alternative school in the area.

Academically, Alabama Destinations Career Academy consistently underperforms the Chickasaw City School District and the state of Alabama in proficiency rates across various grade levels and subject areas, including mathematics, science, and English language arts. For instance, in 2024-2025, only 1.42% of 11th-grade students at Alabama Destinations Career Academy were proficient or better in mathematics, compared to 4.66% in the Chickasaw City School District and 23.71% statewide. The nearby alternative schools, such as Mobile Mental Health Center and Augusta Evans School, also struggle with academic performance, often scoring significantly lower than the district and state averages. These challenges highlight the need for targeted interventions and support systems to address the specific needs of students in alternative school settings.

1,663

Students ?

n/a

Student/teacher ratio ?

70.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

50 12th Ave
Chickasaw, AL 36611-2700

(251) 452-6452

District: Chickasaw City

Racial breakdown:

White:

50.0%

African American:

38.7%

Hispanic:

5.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 22nd percentile in 2023 → 15th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (26% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!Graduation rate below the Alabama average (74% vs 92%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg21%

Alabama avg44%

Elementary school

666^th of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 8 pts since 2023

From bottom 10% (2023) to bottom 2% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

363^rd of 439

Alabama public middle schools ?

Bottom 17%▼ down 4 pts since 2023

From bottom 22% (2023) to bottom 17% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

318^th of 374

Alabama public high schools ?

Bottom 15%▼ down 6 pts since 2024

From bottom 21% (2024) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

123^rd of 135Chickasaw City among Alabama districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	7.0	666 of 680	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.0	660 of 684	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.2	609 of 680	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	14.5	411 of 427	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.4	397 of 420	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.6	350 of 427	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.1	342 of 426	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	9.5	619 of 649	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.0	613 of 650	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.9	549 of 645	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	522 of 656	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	8.5	647 of 660	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.8	650 of 670	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.7	584 of 623	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	534 of 651	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	6.4	638 of 651	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.5	643 of 655	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.5	599 of 649	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.5	570 of 669	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	32.1	280 of 403	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	19.7	351 of 395	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.1	338 of 373	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	28.3	268 of 345	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	2.5	531 of 532	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.3	532 of 535	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.0	520 of 528	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.4	516 of 540	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	19.1	363 of 439	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	367 of 442	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.1	343 of 437	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	214 of 259	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.1	181 of 269	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.9	171 of 263	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.9	134 of 271	50.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	19.7	348 of 415	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.4	353 of 426	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	327 of 417	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.2	317 of 423	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	21.1	149 of 173	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.0	99 of 164	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.6	77 of 166	53.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	20.9	357 of 428	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.1	376 of 437	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.4	307 of 410	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	41.6	243 of 421	42.3%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	344 of 422	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	357 of 428	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.1	332 of 419	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.2	306 of 427	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	26.3	76 of 92	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.4	46 of 78	41.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	39.5	150 of 271	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.9	188 of 281	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.7	151 of 281	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.9	146 of 256	43.0%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	13.7	349 of 377	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.4	357 of 373	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.0	328 of 370	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.0	298 of 376	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	318 of 374	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	299 of 378	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	29.8	165 of 228	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.9	188 of 231	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	16.9	300 of 359	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.4	299 of 366	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	28.3	265 of 367	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.4	263 of 375	29.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	323 of 363	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.4	277 of 368	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	61.9	49 of 194	74.7%	★★★★☆
2024	64.2	47 of 198	76.3%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	11.4	303 of 325	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.8	250 of 325	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Special Education (2025)31st percentile+28 vs school

Female (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school

African American (2025)4th percentile~ school

Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school

White (2025)<1st percentile~ school

Middle school

Special Education (2025)45th percentile+27 vs school

Male (2025)18th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)17th percentile~ school

African American (2025)17th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile~ school

Female (2025)16th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)14th percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)7th percentile-10 vs school

High school

Special Education (2025)75th percentile+60 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile+13 vs school

African American (2025)28th percentile+13 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile~ school

Male (2025)11th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)7th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English33%-23 vs state

Mathematics24%-9 vs state

Science16%-23 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)							Summative Assessment Science (2025)			Summative Assessment English (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 11th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Summative Assessment English 8th Grade	Summative Assessment English 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alabama Destinations Career Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	50 12th Ave	Chickasaw	36611	Mobile County	Chickasaw City	No	No	Yes	No	(251) 452-6452	1,663			70.7%	831 (50.0%)	643 (38.7%)	92 (5.5%)	8 (0.5%)	32 (1.9%)	7 (0.4%)	50 (3.0%)								(n/a)	7.8	3.9	2.6	6.2	3.0	4.0	1.4	17.5	18.3	12.8	35.3	29.3	29.3	32.2	44.1	46.2	13.1
The Pathway	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-10	2161 Butler St	Mobile	36617	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 221-5010	396	32	12.3	84.1%	73 (18.4%)	294 (74.2%)	16 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)								(n/a)	7.1	0.0	7.1	0.0	2.9	0.0		25.0	6.8		50.0	4.2	28.6	27.3	8.6	13.6		$35,158	$3,489	$31,658
Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	6-11	3100 Cottage Hill Road	Mobile	36606	Mobile County	Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(251) 289-9437	235	9	26.1	71.1%	28 (11.9%)	186 (79.1%)	10 (4.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.8%)								(n/a)				31.0	7.8	3.0			39.4					58.6	56.9	54.6
Augusta Evans School	Public, Alternative	1-12	6301 Biloxi Ave	Mobile	36608	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	No	(251) 221-5400	198	28	7.0	81.3%	73 (36.9%)	107 (54.0%)	8 (4.0%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.0%)								(n/a)				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		13.3	57.1				0.0	8.3	0.0	4.2	$35,051	$12,486	$22,556
Mobile Mental Health Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	5800 Southland Drive	Mobile	36693	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	No	No	No	(251) 661-0153	0	8	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Baldwin Preparatory Academy	Public, Alternative	10-11	33243 State Highway 59	Loxley	36551	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(251) 937-0308	528	36	14.6	34.1%	384 (72.7%)	54 (10.2%)	38 (7.2%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (8.5%)								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Alabama Destinations Career Academy

What is the racial makeup of Alabama Destinations Career Academy?

Students at Alabama Destinations Career Academy are 50% White, 39% African American, 6% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

How many students attend Alabama Destinations Career Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,663 students attended Alabama Destinations Career Academy.

Is Alabama Destinations Career Academy a good school?

Alabama Destinations Career Academy ranks in the bottom 2.1% of Alabama alternative schools.

What district is Alabama Destinations Career Academy in?

Chickasaw City

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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