Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School

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Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School
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Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School
3420 Carter Hill Road

36111

United States
Coordinates 32°20′37″N86°15′39″W / 32.34361°N 86.26083°W / 32.34361; -86.26083
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School type Public
MottoThose who stay will be champions!
Established1968(56 years ago) (1968)
CEEB code 011892
PrincipalDr. Carlos Hammonds
Staff98.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 912
Enrollment1,760 (2017–18) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.96 [1]
Color(s)Purple & gold
  
Nickname Jaguars
Website www.mps.k12.al.us/o/jag

Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School (formerly Jefferson Davis High School) is a public high school with grades 9 through 12 located in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. The principal is Dr. Carlos Hammonds. The school is part of the Montgomery Public Schools system.

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History

The school was named after the only-ever president of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, in the 1960s, a century after the Confederacy collapsed. [2]

In 2020, the school district's board of education voted to change the school's name, [3] a decision that was affirmed in 2022 despite two years of opposition from local pro-Confederacy groups. The school is to be renamed JAG High School, in honor of three civil rights leaders: Frank Minis Johnson, a judge who ruled in favor of Rosa Parks to strike down segregation policies in Montgomery; pastor and activist Ralph Abernathy; and Robert Graetz, a minister who helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. [4]

Notable alumni

Enrollment, demographics

Enrollment for 2007 was 1,508 students; 48 percent was male and 52 percent was female. Ethnicities enrolled at the school were white, black, and Hispanic. African-American enrollment was 94 percent, white enrollment was 2 percent, Hispanic enrollment was 2 percent, and Asian enrollment was 1%. [5]

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References

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