Copiah Academy

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Copiah Academy
Address
Copiah Academy
1144 East Gallman Road

Gallman
,
Mississippi
39059

United States
Coordinates 31°55′54″N90°22′42″W / 31.93167°N 90.37833°W / 31.93167; -90.37833 Coordinates: 31°55′54″N90°22′42″W / 31.93167°N 90.37833°W / 31.93167; -90.37833
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Founded1967
HeadmasterMitch Mitchell
Teaching staff53.6 (FTE)
GradesPre-Kindergarten-12
Enrollment744 (including 49 pre-K) (2013-2014)
Student to teacher ratio13.0
Color(s)Red and Blue
Nickname Colonels
YearbookThe Colonel
AffiliationsSouthern Association of Independent Schools, and Mississippi Association of Independent Schools
Website www.copiahedu.org
[1]

Copiah Academy is an independent, coeducational, school for students in grades K3-12. The Copiah Educational Foundation established the school in 1967 as a segregation academy. [2] The school is located in Copiah County, near the unincorporated community of Gallman, Mississippi.

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Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 695 K–12 students enrolled in 2013–2014: [1]

History

Copiah Academy's first classes were held in 1967 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, just a few miles south of its current location. In 1970 the school moved to its current location on a 30-acre site. [3]

Copiah Academy began taking steps to achieve accreditation by the Mississippi Private School Association, an accreditation agency for segregation academics. [4]

Although founded as a school for white students, [2] [5] Copiah Academy now claims that it is open to college-bound students of any race, color, creed, religion, gender, or ethnic origin, [5] but as of the 2013–2014 school year, the student body was 98.4% non-Hispanic white in a county where the overall percentage of non-Hispanic white people was 44.9%. [1] [6] New students in grades 6–12 must be drug tested at their parents' expense before being admitted, and all students in grades 6–12 will be subjected to at least one random drug test per school year. [3]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "School Detail for Copiah Educational Foundation". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Diane Ravitch (1983). The Troubled Crusade: American Education, 1945–1980 . Basic Books. p.  329. ISBN   978-0-465-08756-3.
  3. 1 2 "Copiah Handbook 2018-2019" (PDF). Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mississippi Private School Association". mpsa.org. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Admissions". Copiah Academy. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ "State & County QuickFacts: Copiah County, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau . Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ "HR = Hunter Renfroe = home runs". The Clarion Ledger. Jackson, MS. April 22, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2013.(subscription required)
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