Upper School

Equipped for College and Life Beyond

Balanced & Original Learning: At the upper school level, the Academy aims to maintain a careful balance between teaching skills and information and encouraging students to pursue areas of personal interest and affinity. Purposeful thinking skills and originality are encouraged across all curricular areas.
Student Ownership & Responsibility: The individual student remains the focus of the learning environment, as teachers work to provide a supportive educational process that encourages students to take ever-increasing risk and responsibility for their choices, effort, and achievement.
Innovative Instruction & Faith Mentorship: Upper school instructors integrate sound teaching techniques with cutting-edge practices and technology to create exemplary and relevant academic courses. In addition, teachers invest themselves in mentoring relationships with students so that each student is known, appreciated, and personally encouraged to excel. Coursework and learning experiences are designed to communicate the relevance of scripture while encouraging students to live lives of authentic faith.

Visit the Upper School

Upper School Campus Visit & Student Shadow Mornings are the most comprehensive way to experience the academic and student life programs at CPA Upper School. The tour includes classroom visits, hearing from present students as well as key administrators across campus.

Visit the Upper School

Quick Facts

Upper School Faculty

Teacher-to-Student Ratio

Average Class Size

Student Body

Grading and Course Selection

Part of Christ Presbyterian Academy’s mission is to challenge every student’s academic ability and motivate each student in his/her pursuit of academic excellence.

Our students have diverse ability levels, and CPA offers college-preparatory courses as well as Honors and Advanced Placement courses to meet these needs. The student-placement process will identify and address the specific academic needs of the individual student.

College-Preparatory Level
Honors Level
Advanced-Placement Level

Advanced Placement & Honors

College Counseling

The College Counseling department works with students in grades 9 through 12 to facilitate the transition between upper school and college.

The process moves from more generalized programs for freshman and sophomores to increasingly individualized services for upperclassmen. The goals are to assist students with intentional discernment that leads to thoughtful action to help students to examine their interests, goals, and passions and to select appropriate post-secondary institutions.

Applying to college from CPA is a sacred process (Jeremiah 29:11), relationship-based (with a 35:1 student:counselor ratio in each class, the team's primary objective is to know students well enough to walk effectively with them through this process), and focused on fit (the team helps students and parents determine the best social, emotional, financial, academic, and spiritual fit in a post-secondary institution).

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