S C H O O L P R O F I L E

Location

Covenant Christian School is located in Palm Bay, Brevard County's largest and fastest growing community.
Address: 720 Emerson Drive, NE, Palm Bay, Florida 32907.
Website: www.ccslions.org
Phone: 321-727-2661
Fax: 321-728-9574

School Code

101-403

School

Covenant Christian School is a coeducational, college-preparatory day school founded in 1993 as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA). CCS offers a comprehensive program of instruction for students in grades K–12. The elementary school shares facilities with the secondary school, which is on the same campus.

Staff

Headmaster: Paul Rumbley
Guidance Counselor: Tara Smith
Secondary Principal: Jeffrey Myers
Elementary Principal: Sue Heckler
Athletic Director: Jim Grimes

The elementary staff under the direction of the headmaster and elementary principal includes one teacher for each class with one class for each grade, K–6; part-time physical education, music, art, and computer teachers, a school librarian, and elementary aides as needed. The secondary staff under the direction of the headmaster and the secondary principal includes 18 teachers; 13 full-time, 5 part-time, 22% with advanced degrees.

Admissions

The admissions process is designed to ensure a student’s readiness and potential for having a successful and rewarding experience at Covenant Christian School and to determine proper academic placement. It also plays a valuable role in confirming compatibility in Christian values, philosophy, and essential beliefs between the Christian home and school. The admissions process includes an interview with prospective students and their parents, a pastoral reference confirming church involvement, a review of previous school performance, and admissions testing.

Accreditation & Affiliations

Christian Schools of Florida, an approved member of National Council for Private School Accreditation; Member of Association of Christian Schools International

Faculty

21 teachers; 15 full-time; 6 part-time; 22% with advanced degrees

Student Body

Kindergarten-12th grade: 303                Secondary Student/Teacher Ratio:   17:1
Elementary (K-6th):          133                Senior Class: 41
Secondary (7th-12th):       170

Grading

2001 on	1998-2001	1997/1998 and earlier
A=90-100	A=94-100	A=93-100
B=80-89	B=85-93	B=85-92
C=70-79	C=77-84	C=75-84
D=60-69	D=70-76	D=65-74
F=Below 60	F=Below 70	F=0-64

Conduct grades are given according to the following scale:
O=outstanding, G=good, S=satisfactory, N=needs improvement, and U=unsatisfactory.
Kindergarten and 1st grades assign all grades, academic and conduct, using the O, G, S, N, and U scale.

Graduation

26.5 (25.5) credits-one credit earned for each yearlong course and .5 credit for each semester class.

Bible-3.5	Computer-1	English-4	Electives-1
Fine/Practical Arts-2	Foreign Language-2	Life Management-5	Mathematics-4
Physical Education-1	Social Studies-3.5	Science-4 (3)	HOPE-1

Scholars Diploma (Academic Diploma)
75 hours of community service required

Honors/AP Courses

Covenant offers AP Calculus, AP Literature, AP Language, AP Statistics, AP US History, AP European History, and Honors courses in all English, Social Studies, Math, and Science courses.

GPA Computation

The GPA is determined by adding the equivalent GPA quality points and dividing the total by the number of semester credits.

SAT Summary

Class Year	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Verbal	531	671	580	585	573	605	730	570	565	623	608	580
Math	536	649	572	606	609	556	663	591	563	570	566	559

ACT Summary

Class Year	1998	1999	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Composite	22	27	25	19	28	29	23	23	22	23

Current AP Summary - 2009

AP Euro History: Average score=3.00 with 70% scoring a qualifying score of 3 or higher.
AP World History: Average score=3.00 with 80% scoring a qualifying score of 3 or higher.
AP Language: Average score=4.00 with 100% scoring a qualifying score of 3 or higher.
AP Literature: Average score=3.30 with 70%% scoring a qualifying score of 3 or higher.
AP Calculus: Average score=3.83 with 94% scoring a qualifying score of 3 or higher.

College Choices

Class of 1998 38% 4 year colleges 62 % 2 year colleges	Class of 1999 100% 4 year colleges	Class of 2000 45% 4 year colleges 55% 2 year colleges	Class of 2001 63% 4 year colleges 37% 2 year colleges

Class of 2002 84% 4 year colleges 16% 2 year colleges	Class of 2003 78% 4 year colleges 12% 2 year colleges	Class of 2004 80% 4 year colleges 20% 2 year college	Class of 2005 81% 4 year colleges 19% 2 year colleges

Class of 2006 50% 4 year colleges 50% 2 year colleges	Class of 2007 50% 4 year colleges 50% 2 year colleges	Class of 2008 45% 4 year colleges 55% 2 year colleges	Class of 2009 85% 4 year colleges 15% 2 year colleges

Colleges That Have Accepted Our Graduates

Abilene Christian	Florida Tech	Sanford University
Anderson College	Full Sail College	Southeastern College
Andrew University	Georgia Tech	Southern Adventist University
Asbury College	Gordon College	Stetson University
Barry University	Grove City College	Taylor University
Belhaven College	Huntington College	Toccoa Falls College
Belmont College	Johnson Bible College	Union University
Brevard Community College	King College	University of Central Florida
Carson-Newman College	Lee University	University of Florida
Cedarville College	Liberty College	University of Georgia
Clearwater Christian College	Mississippi College	University of Miami
Columbia University	Newberry College	University of Mobile
Covenant College	New York University	University of North Florida
Emory University	North Greenville College	University of South Florida
Flagler College	Northwestern University	University of West Florida
Florida A & M	Oakwood College	University of Wisconsin
Florida Atlantic University	Oral Roberts University	Vanderbilt University
Florida Christian College	Palm Beach Atlantic University	Wake Forest
Florida State	Reinhardt College	Wheaton College