THE FIRST ACADEMY
Definitively Christ-centered,
Distinctly College-Prep
The First Academy is a Christ-centered college-preparatory school serving approximately 1,123 Central Florida students in grades K4 (4 years old) through 12, including The Classical School (the Home School division). In the decades since its opening in 1987 the school has continued to grow the academic, fine arts, and athletic programs that have elevated its students to the highest levels of achievement and helped develop strength of character that leads young men and women to serve others in their own community and across the globe.
100% of TFA Graduates Have Been Accepted to College
The First Academy boasts a 100% college acceptance rate for its graduating seniors, and the most recent graduating class received an average of $90,000 per student in scholarship offers. TFA students at every grade level consistently score well above the state and national average on standardized tests. For nearly a decade, more than half of TFA seventh grade students have qualified for the Duke University Talent Identification program for academically accomplished students, as well as 71% of the most recent fourth grade class and 64% of the fifth grade class.
In the visual and performing arts, students from The First Academy have received the highest possible rankings in band and theatre at the District and State level, and TFA art students have received awards from such notable entities as the Winter Park Art Festival and Disney’s Festival of the Masters.
The Royals participate in 21 interscholastic sports at the varsity, junior varsity, and/or junior high levels. They have won numerous district and regional championships and are consistently represented at state level competition, earning team state championships and 11 individual titles since 1998.
New Upper School and Library / Media Center
The First Academy has responded to its dramatic growth with new facilities and programs, including an enhanced Lower School campus that doubled the number of kindergarten through grade five classrooms, a new Tennis Center, a new Library/Media Center, and a completely new Upper School campus. In the planning and funding stages is an all all-new Middle School building that will serve students in sixth through eighth grades.
Our Headmaster, Dr. Steve Whitaker, and our exceptionally qualified faculty and staff invite you to tour our website, then join us in person for a visit to our campus. Once here, you will remember us for our greatest achievement – equipping young men and women to fulfill God’s purpose for their lives with extraordinary integrity, unquestionable ability, and life-long service to the global community.
