Its role changed several times and has included an administrative center, a school for students with behavior problems, and a place for pregnant teenagers.

An iMac lab is available on campus which students use in conjunction with their core and elective classes to edit videos, create podcasts, and develop other multimedia projects while learning the Mac OS.

Lessons "written" on the board can be saved to a computer, uploaded to eCampus, SCPS's online education system, and easily accessed and downloaded by students from school or home.

Many students who are technologically savvy have shown their skills in various ways, some make programs, others build computers, and some have created websites.

[3] Crooms Academy was also recently ranked as one of U.S. News' Top 100 Best High Schools in the country for 2008, moving from a bronze to silver medal.

[6] Crooms is recognized by Magnet Schools of America as an academy of excellence, the highest honor given by the organization.