Oak Hill Academy (Mississippi)

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Oak Hill Academy
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Oak Hill Academy (Mississippi)
West Point, Mississippi

United States
Coordinates 33°37′00″N88°38′02″W / 33.6167°N 88.6339°W / 33.6167; -88.6339
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Opened1966 [1]
NCES School ID00735523
PrincipalCathy Davis
Faculty30
Enrollment380
Athletics conferenceMAIS
TeamsRaiders
Accreditation Mississippi Association of Independent Schools
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Website www.edline.net/pages/Oak_Hill_Academy
Last updated: 8 January 2018

Oak Hill Academy is a private PK-12 school in West Point, Mississippi, the seat of Clay County, Mississippi. The school serves about 400 students. It was founded as a segregation academy in 1966.

History

Oak Hill was refused tax-exempt status by the IRS in the 1970s for refusal to execute a policy of non-discrimination. [1]

The school's policy was a matter of questioning at the Senate confirmation of Lyonel Thomas Senter Jr. as a federal judge. His children attended Oak Hill. [1]

In 1987, Oak Hill was still an all-white school, as described in Fyfe v. Curlee. [2] In 2016, the school had no black students registered. [3] By 2021, the National Center for Education Statistics reported the school had 279 students, of whom two were Black and four Hispanic. [4] The racial makeup of Clay County is 56.33% Black or African American, 42.82% White, 0.05% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Selection and confirmation of Federal judges: hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. 1981. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ "902 F. 2d 401 - Fyfe v. Curlee". United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. June 5, 1990. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Oak Hill Academy". US Department of Education. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
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