Columbia Academy | |
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Address | |
1548 Hwy 98 E , 39429 United States | |
Coordinates | 31°15′12″N 89°46′45″W / 31.2534°N 89.7793°W |
Information | |
Type | Private school |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian (no specific denomination) |
Established | 1969 |
NCES School ID | 00735909[1] |
Head of school | Angie Burkett[2] |
Teaching staff | 42.9 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | PK–12 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrollment | 460 (2017–2018, excluding PK)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 10.7[1] |
Color(s) | Orange, white, and royal blue |
Nickname | Cougars |
Website | www |
Columbia Academy is private school in Columbia, Mississippi, that was founded as a segregation academy in 1969 to provide white-only education.
Columbia Academy was created in September 1969 for white students in grades 1-8 as an alternative to attending public schools with black students.[3][4] Grades 9-12 were added in January 1970, after a meeting at the Marion County Annex.[5] The first headmaster was Thomas Blakeney.
While the school has a non-discriminatory admissions policy, over 99% of the student body are white.[6] As of 2018, the school had 460 students, 457 of whom were white, and designates itself a Christian school. Of the three non-white students, one was Asian, one was Hispanic, and one was black.[1]
Admissions policy excludes married or pregnant students, and any student who becomes married or pregnant is not allowed to continue.[2]
In 2019 Columbia Academy was one of several segregation academies awarded money by the Mississippi State Legislature through a program for students with disabilities, even though the school does not provide services for those students.[7]
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