Columbia Academy (Mississippi)

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Columbia Academy
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Columbia Academy (Mississippi)
1548 Hwy 98 E

Columbia
,
Mississippi
39429

United States
Coordinates 31°15′12″N89°46′45″W / 31.2534°N 89.7793°W / 31.2534; -89.7793
Information
Type Private school
Religious affiliation(s)Christian (no specific denomination)
Established1969 (1969)
NCES School ID 00735909 [1]
Head of schoolAngie Burkett [2]
Teaching staff42.9 (on an FTE basis) [1]
GradesPK–12
Gender Co-educational
Enrollment460 (2017–2018, excluding PK) [1]
Student to teacher ratio10.7 [1]
Color(s)Orange, white, and royal blue
Nickname Cougars
Website www.cacougars.com

Columbia Academy is private school in Columbia, Mississippi, that was founded as a segregation academy in 1969 to provide white-only education.

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History

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]

Notable people

Logan Cooke, NFL punter [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Columbia Academy". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  2. 1 2 http://www.cacougars.com/editoruploads/files/Handbooks/2020-2021_Student_Handbook__Final_-_Uploaded_.pdf [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Batten, James K (January 7, 1970). "Integration comes quietly along the Pearl". Miami Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "City, County, Private School Attendance Nears Old Total". Columbian-Progress. 1970-01-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  5. ↑ "Columbia Academy to establish high school". Hattiesburg American. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Admissions - Columbia Academy". www.cacougars.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  7. ↑ ""Voucher Program Helping Seg Schools Should Go, Education Advocates Say"". February 21, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Logan Cooke - Football Recruiting - Player Profiles - ESPN".
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