Phillips Academy, 2316 7th Ave. N.: pre-K to eighth grade, 564 students on the 2024-25 state report card, which graded it an A with 96 points.
Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, principal page; Birmingham City Schools’ Zoning and Feeder Patterns page, feeder chart (PDF), Find My Zone, specialty schools page and 2026-27 calendar (PDF); the Alabama State Department of Education’s state report card for 2024-25; the federal NCES school directory for 2024-25.
John Herbert Phillips Academy is a Birmingham City Schools K-8 school at 2316 7th Ave. N. Its kindergarten to fifth grade classes serve a neighborhood zone; its sixth to eighth grade program is a specialty program that students apply to. Alabama graded it an A, with 96 points, on its 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 205-231-9500, 2316 7th Ave. N.
- School website: bhamcityschools.org/o/phas
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s registration page (PowerSchool)
- Applying to a specialty school: the district’s specialty schools page
- Buses: Transportation, 205-231-9305, and the bus stop finder
- Central office: 205-231-4600, 2015 Park Place N.
| Address | 2316 7th Ave. N., Birmingham, AL 35203 |
| Phone | 205-231-9500 |
| Grades (state report card) | Pre-K to 8 |
| School hours | 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| District | Birmingham City Schools |
| State school code | 114-0651 |
Principal
Principal E. Nzeocha, according to the school’s website.
The academy is in a restored historic building downtown and teaches pre-K to eighth grade, according to its About Us page. The district’s feeder chart zones it for kindergarten to fifth grade; its middle grades are a specialty program that students apply to.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 564 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card, down from 581 on the 2023-24 card.
- Federal count: 609 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 18 students per teacher.
State report card
Alabama grades every public school from A to F each year. The grade comes from a 100-point score built from students’ achievement and growth on state tests in English language arts and math, chronic absenteeism (the share of students who missed 18 or more days), progress in English language proficiency and, for high schools, graduation rate and college and career readiness, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s report card rules. Alabama does not use CCRPI, the Georgia score.
2024-25 grade: A, 96 points. The 2023-24 card gave Phillips Academy an A with 95 points. Birmingham City Schools as a whole earned a C, with 77 points, up from 74.
| Indicator | 2024-25 score |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement (ELA and math tests) | 90.35 |
| Academic growth | 100 |
| Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) | 3.24% of students |
The full report card, with results by student group, teachers and spending, is on the state’s report card site.
Attendance zone and admission
Birmingham City Schools runs five specialty schools: EPIC Alternative Elementary, Princeton Alternative Elementary, J.H. Phillips Academy, W.J. Christian K-8 and Ramsay I.B. High, according to its specialty schools page. Students apply and are selected on their most recent state test scores and other criteria. The page says applications for new students open Nov. 13, 2026, through the PowerSchool parent portal.
The admissions page on EPIC’s website sets out the shared rules: a separate application for each specialty school, two teacher recommendations and the latest report card. Applicants for kindergarten to fourth grade and for high school take an entrance test. Families do not have to live in Birmingham, the page says.
For kindergarten to fifth grade, Phillips Academy is a zoned school. On the district’s feeder chart (PDF), its zone students go on to Malachi Wilkerson Middle for sixth to eighth grade and then A.H. Parker High.
The neighborhoods the district’s feeder document, drawn up in its 2018-2020 zoning revision, lists in Phillips Academy’s kindergarten to fifth grade zone: Central City. Zones do not follow neighborhood lines exactly, so check one address in Find My Zone.
More on the area in our downtown Birmingham guide.
Programs
- International Baccalaureate: the academy received IB authorization for the Primary Years Programme in October 2013 and is working toward the Middle Years Programme, according to its About Us page. Its IB page lists the coordinator.
Bell times
Birmingham City Schools’ Find My Zone listing gives Phillips Academy’s hours as 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calendar
Phillips Academy follows the Birmingham City Schools 2026-27 calendar (PDF). Coming dates:
- Friday, Oct. 23: e-learning and parent conference day
- Friday, Oct. 30: fall break
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Friday, Dec. 18: last day of the first semester, early dismissal
- Dec. 21-31: winter holidays; students return Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2027
- March 22-26, 2027: spring break
- Thursday, June 10, 2027: last day for students
More
- The school’s website
- Every public school in Birmingham, with zones and report cards
- Our Birmingham schools guide for the district calendar, registration and the Board of Education
- A.H. Parker High, the zoned high school
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Phillips Academy serve?
Phillips Academy serves pre-K to eighth grade, according to Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card. Sixth to eighth graders attend a specialty program they apply to; the zone covers kindergarten to fifth grade.
What is Phillips Academy’s state report card grade?
Phillips Academy earned an A with 96 points on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, after an A with 95 points on the 2023-24 card. Alabama grades schools A to F; it does not use Georgia’s CCRPI.
Which high school does Phillips Academy feed into?
A.H. Parker High, according to the district’s feeder chart.
What time does Phillips Academy start?
School hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to Birmingham City Schools’ Find My Zone school listing.
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