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Mount Prospect Academy

Po Box 58, Plymouth, NH, 03264-0326 -

School Notes Overview:

Mount Prospect Academy offers a staff secure intake and assessment residential treatment program and licensed special education academic facility for boys, ages 11-17. Mount Prospect Academy provides an active milieu that emphasizes public service, adventure and healthy living. Mount Prospect Academy specializes in difficult to treat and hard to place adolescents who have had difficulties finding success in alternative environments, including other residential treatment centers. Students attend core classes at MPA, and participate in Becket Family's Vocational Stewardship Program, including a culinary arts program, an agriculture and land use management program, a forestry and wildlife program, and a building trades program, all located on a 2000 acre campus bordering the White Mountain National Forest. Highlights of the program include a dynamic counseling program that combines traditional individual and group therapy with adventure, activities based counseling approaches and wilderness therapy. Program activities include an annual trip to the Florida Everglades, regular canoe trips on the Connecticut River, hiking in the White and Green Mountains and rock climbing, including climbing at the world famous Rumney Cliffs....

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School Overview:

	Mount Prospect Academy
School Type	Special Education School
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades 7 - 12
County	Grafton County, NH
Student Body
Total Students	57 students
Student Body Type	All-boys
	This School	(NH) School Avg.
% Students of Color	11%	8%
Students by Grade
	Grade 7 - 5 students
	Grade 8 - 2 students
	Grade 9 - 27 students
	Grade 10 - 16 students
	Grade 11 - 3 students
	Grade 12 - 4 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	10 teachers
	This School	(NH) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:6	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	180 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours

School Notes:

Mount Prospect Academy offers a staff secure intake and assessment residential treatment program and licensed special education academic facility for boys, ages 11-17. Mount Prospect Academy provides an active milieu that emphasizes public service, adventure and healthy living. Mount Prospect Academy specializes in difficult to treat and hard to place adolescents who have had difficulties finding success in alternative environments, including other residential treatment centers. Students attend core classes at MPA, and participate in Becket Family's Vocational Stewardship Program, including a culinary arts program, an agriculture and land use management program, a forestry and wildlife program, and a building trades program, all located on a 2000 acre campus bordering the White Mountain National Forest. Highlights of the program include a dynamic counseling program that combines traditional individual and group therapy with adventure, activities based counseling approaches and wilderness therapy. Program activities include an annual trip to the Florida Everglades, regular canoe trips on the Connecticut River, hiking in the White and Green Mountains and rock climbing, including climbing at the world famous Rumney Cliffs.
Profile last updated: 02/17/2009

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (03264)	School Zip (03264)	(NH) State Average
Population (Approximate)	9,000 people	1,235,735 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	43%	37%
Population Average Age	25 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.5 persons	2.5 persons
Median Household Income	$39,694	$52,816
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5.5 rooms	5.5 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	41 years old	40 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	67% / 33%	66% / 34%