| Autauga Academy | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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497 Golson Road 36067 United States | |
| Coordinates | 32°28′18″N86°32′44″W / 32.4716102°N 86.5454269°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1969 |
| CEEB code | 012218 |
| NCES School ID | 00002722 |
| Faculty | 21.3 [1] |
| Grades | PK-12 |
| Enrollment | 306 (2016 [1] ) |
| Color(s) | |
| Mascot | General |
| Nickname | Generals |
| Website | www |
Autauga Academy is a private coed PK-12 school in Prattville, Alabama, the seat of Autauga County.
Autauga Private Academy was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy. [2] It is distinct from a seminary of the same name founded in 1888. [3]
Autauga attracted the attention of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, prompting an inspection tour in 1982, along with eight other schools in Alabama [4]
In 2011 a black student, future National Football League tight end O. J. Howard — then a student at the school — was told by the headmaster of the school he could not bring a girl to the prom because she was white. [2]
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Prattville is a city located within both Autauga and Elmore counties in the State of Alabama, United States, but serves as the county seat of Autauga County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 37,781. Nicknamed "The Fountain City" due to the many artesian wells in the area, Prattville is part of the Montgomery metropolitan statistical area.
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