Maranathan Family Learning Center & Academy, Inc. (often referred to as Maranathan Academy) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), private alternative school specializing in critically at–risk youth and adult students.

Founded in 1991, its primary goal is to break intergenerational cyclical dependency on government assistance which plagues the critically at-risk populace. As the only nonprofit private school in Birmingham that works exclusively with critically at-risk students, and the only one that accepts students expelled for weapons-related or violent offenses, Maranathan Academy serves as a source of hope and is frequently a deciding factor in the lives of critically at-risk students and their families.

​Students at Maranathan Academy are faced with daunting sociological, familial, and economic challenges, which are exacerbated by pervasive violence in their neighborhoods.

​Maranathan Academy has graduated nearly 400 critically at-risk youth and adult students, making it possible for them to become successes instead of statistics. By working with the families of our students as well, Maranathan has positively impacted over 2,000 individuals.

​Our students and their families have greatly benefited from the unique services we offer, which include both middle school and high school curricula. By getting back on course, most have either reentered traditional school with the tools they need for success or earned their diploma at Maranathan, where we prepare them for college, trade school or to serve our country by joining the military.

Students enter Maranathan wounded and looking for a place to belong. They emerge equipped to excel, and become productive, contributing members of society. 

​Maranathan Academy saves lives!