Nathanael Greene Academy | |
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Address | |
Po Box 109 , , 30665 | |
Coordinates | 33°31′53″N83°04′33″W / 33.531267°N 83.0757858°W |
Information | |
Type | Private |
Religious affiliation(s) | Nonsectarian |
Established | 1969 |
NCES School ID | 00297259 [1] |
Faculty | 20 (on an FTE basis) [1] |
Enrollment | 101 [1] (2018) |
Student to teacher ratio | 4.8 [1] |
Website | nathanaelgreeneacademy |
Nathanael Greene Academy is a private PK-12 school in Siloam, Georgia, a small town in Greene County.
Nathanael Greene Academy was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy. Its original campus of five acres (2.0 ha) and three buildings was purchased from the town of Siloam for $100 and subsequently valued for tax purposes at $24,000. In its first year of operations it had no black students or teachers. [2]
In 2018, the school had 3 Black, and no Asian or Hispanic students. [1] Surrounding Greene County has a population that is about 40% Black. [3] For the 2018–19 school year, the student body included a low percentage of minority students. [4]
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No Negro students applied.