High Support Therapeutic School for Students with Social and Emotional Challenges

Academics West provides a home for students who do not fit in typical school settings. Your child will thrive in a pro-social environment where they will develop coping skills based on their individual needs, feel a sense of belonging and acceptance while receiving a robust education.

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Helping our Students Succeed at Academics West means

We craft a plan for each student to support their acquisition of coping skills to help them regulate their mental health and engage in learning and develop positive relationships with peers.

Feeling a true sense of belonging through a community of students, staff, and friends who embrace differences.

Acquiring the skills to be a strategic lifelong learner through our CIA method.

Being recognized and celebrated for their unique talents, strengths and learning styles.

Realizing that their own struggle is not a curse but can be a gift where it’s strength can be highlighted.

Acknowledging that students are heroes who see their past struggles as a part of their unique journey through our mentorship programs, Hero’s Council and prosocial milieu.

40%

OF FACULTY ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS

100%

of Staff CPI Certified

50%

TOTAL Counseling STAFF WITH DOCTORATE-LEVEL DEGREES

92%

FULL TIME STAFF WITH ADVANCED DEGREES

OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET

SIZE OF OUR CAMPUS

5:2

LOWER SCHOOL STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO

10:2

UPPER & MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO

2011

YEAR FOUNDED

100%

4-YEAR COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE

75

STUDENT BODY CAPACITY

16

Counselors ON STAFF

Accreditations and Memberships

Academics West School Reviews

If you want a place where people actually want to help you.

I have really tough time in social settings and normally hate going to school. AW is a great school, and the teachers care more than any place I went to. I was there for about 3 years. It is a chill place, and I made some really good friends. Def recommend it if you want a small place where people actually want to help you. You’re not just a number.

I feel lucky that we found this place for her!

My daughter goes to Academics West, and it has been a great decision. She was stuck in a bad place and wasn’t thriving. Since being at AW, she has made friends and her teachers care (not something I could have said at the last school she went to). She no longer begs to stay home and cries. Now she goes pretty regularly and even sometimes talks about what she is learning in class. For me, I get a lot of communication from the school. I can always pick up the phone or email the admin or teachers to check in on my daughter. Definitely worth checking out. We have been very happy.

They actually cared about me and wanted to see me succeed!

I didn’t graduate from there but I stayed till 11th and then went to another school. I really loved that place and have great memories of the teachers there. They actually cared about me and wanted to see me succeed. Now I am at college doing pretty well, and I don’t think I would be here without Academics West. Nothing else to say, but I needed them badly then. Thanks!

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