Lincoln Park Academy

Lincoln Park Academy is a public magnet school located in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Commonly referred to as simply "LPA", the school is academically geared, offering Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, dual-enrollment, and pre-engineering course schedules.

[2] The history of Lincoln Park Academy can be traced back to 1906 when families in the Woodbine (Marvilla) area in Ft. Pierce requested a teacher.

To understand how ambitious this was, there was no full four-year high school for Black students south of Palatka, Florida.

In September 1923 Lincoln Park Academy opened as a junior high school with five ninth graders.

In 1928, LPA was accredited as a Standard Senior High School by the Florida State Department of Education.

One criterion that contributed to the rapid development was the agreement that all teachers would have bachelor's degrees, usually something reserved only for colleges.

In its early years, Lincoln Park Academy developed a reputation for scholarship, athletics, and student activities.

The famous American writer Zora Neale Hurston also joined the staff at LPA briefly as an English teacher and later as a substitute teacher in the late 1950s due to the fact she was unable to obtain her transcripts in order to get a state professional teaching certificate.

Notable alumni include Melissa Murray,[3] Rob Stein, Devin Cline, Alex Deiulio,[4] Breanna Myles, and Grace Lloyd.