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- Why is Collegiate Academy the best choice for your student?
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Collegiate Academy offers the best opportunities for your student’s future!
- We offer 29 Advanced Placement courses and the Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma program, and many of our juniors and seniors take dual-enrollment classes at three local universities.
- All other courses are honors-level.
- Our average SAT/ACT scores are well above the state and national averages.
- 100% of Collegiate Academy students are accepted to four-year colleges.
- The Class of 2022 was offered $18 million in merit and athletic scholarships.
- The Class of 2023 had four finalists in the prestigious QuestBridge National College Match.
- US News & World Report has ranked Collegiate Academy in the top 20 schools in Pennsylvania and the top 4% nationally.
- The US Department of Education recognized as a Blue Ribbon School in 2013.
- Our graduates have been accepted to highly selective schools like Stanford, University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, New York University, University of California, Berkeley, Duke, Boston College, and the University of Notre Dame. Our graduates have also attended Ivy League schools like Princeton, Cornell, University of Pennsylvania/Wharton School of Business, and Harvard.
- National Merit Scholarship Program: numerous finalists, semifinalists, and commended students
- We have had more than 100 AP Scholars, including National AP Scholars, in the last year, as recognized nationally by College Board.
- A student in the Class of 2023 scored perfectly on the AP Macroeconomics exam, one of only 14 in the country!
- We offer many national- and state-recognized extracurricular activities, including Academic Sports League (state champions ten times; national division champions three times); Model United Nations (listed as one of top 150 teams in the country by Best Delegate); Robotics (Regional Chairman’s Award); Future Business Leaders of America (state and national champions); Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Math and Science (state champions); Speech and Debate (national finalists).
- We are undergoing $20 Million in building renovations, including completely renovated gymnasiums, dance studio and E-Sports Lab.
- There is no tuition for Erie residents.
- We offer the lowest tuition in the area for out-of-district students.
- Collegiate Academy has a unique college campus-like atmosphere and one-of-a-kind school culture.
- We have been ranked by NICHE as one of the safest high schools in Pennsylvania.
- We have been using the Naviance college-preparatory software, which makes the college application process easier for students and their families, for over 14 years.
- All teachers are highly qualified and state-certified in their subject area. We also have National Board Certified teachers and more than 24 teachers who are certified by the College Board to teach Advanced Placement courses.
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Our Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts offers the best opportunities in art, music, dance and theater!
- Quality education in all aspects of the performing arts — instrumental, vocal, dance, and drama.
- Music students consistently qualify for PMEA State and NAFME All-Eastern Honors ensembles.
- Collegiate Academy Vocal Jazz ensemble has been recognized at the state level.
- Graduates have been accepted to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, New York University, University of the Arts, and Berklee College of Music.
- The Tri-M Music Honor Society inducts over 30 new members annually.
- State-of-the-art theater facility for annual productions produced and directed by experienced professionals in drama, dance, and music.
- Past shows include well-known musicals Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
- We offer art classes in various media, including drawing, ceramics, and digital art.
- Our student artwork is regularly featured in local exhibitions, and our student artists win multiple awards and honors for their artwork every year.