The Pan American Christian Academy, or PACA, is a Protestant American school in São Paulo, Brazil.
Since 1960, the school provides an American-style of education that is based on a Christian foundation. PACA has served the local and international community of São Paulo, Brazil by offering a college preparatory education. The school has a preschool program, an elementary school, middle school and high school.
Over 340 students from fourteen nationalities are enrolled at PACA. The student body is about 30% Brazilians, 30% Americans, 26% Koreans, and 14% from countries such as India, Nigeria, South Africa, Japan, China, Colombia, and Germany.
The optional dual curriculum prepares students to enter American and Brazilian colleges and universities. Approximately 95% of each year’s graduates enroll in colleges and universities in the United States and in Brazil.
The school possesses 36 thousand square meters of lawns, trees and gardens, as well as a building with classrooms.
The school contains 22 classrooms, science laboratory, library, computer center, learning lab, gymnasium, regulation-size athletic field, outside courts, cafeteria, and a 25-meter swimming pool.
As a non-profit independent school, PACA operates without any financial support from government or non-government organizations. Instead, the school relies on tuition revenue and fund raising activities to operate and grow.
PACA is governed by a School Board composed of evangelical Christians and is directed by licensed U.S. administrators.
The school is a non-stock, non-profit educational institution registered in Brazil. United States non-profit tax-exempt status for contributions is provided through the PACA Alumni Foundation (http://www.pacaalumnifoundation.org).
Pan American Christian Academy is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, by the Association of Christian Schools International, and by the Brazilian Ministry of Education and Culture. The school is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International, Association of American Schools in South America, and the Association of American Schools of Brazil.
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