Jackson Academy is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in Jackson, Mississippi founded in 1959 as a segregation academy. Its founder, Loyal M. Bearss, claimed he established the school to teach accelerated reading and spelling in early grades using a phonics program he developed. The school enrolls nearly 1250 students in grades K3 through 12 and is the largest independent school in Mississippi Unlike the mostly-black city of Jackson, this school admits mostly white students.
Segregation academies are private schools in the Southern United States that were founded in the mid-20th century by white parents to avoid having their children in desegregated public schools. They were founded between 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, and 1976, when the court ruled similarly about private schools.
Benton Academy is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in Benton, Mississippi. It is a member of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. It was founded as a segregation academy in 1969. Although in 2014 Benton Academy claims to have a nondiscriminatory policy, as is required by Runyon v. McCrary, as of 2016 they still did not enroll a single black student. The school is located in Yazoo County, Mississippi, which has a population that is 57 percent black as of the 2010 census.
Jackson Preparatory School is an independent, coeducational, day school enrolling 820 students in grades six through twelve. The school is located in Flowood, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson, and has a controversial history as a segregation academy.
The Jackson Public School District (JPSD) or Jackson Public Schools (JPS) is a public school district serving the majority of Jackson, the state capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Mississippi. Established in 1888, it is the second largest and only urban school district in the state.
Hillcrest Christian School is a private Christian school in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It was founded in 1970 as a segregation academy.
Madison-Ridgeland Academy (MRA) is a private, co-educational school in Madison, Mississippi, United States for students from K-3 through 12th grade. It was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy. Termie Land is the Head of School.
Lanier High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. The current principal is Valerie Bradley. There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school is 100% African American.
Greenville Christian School is a private, Christian school located in Greenville, Mississippi that was founded as a segregation academy. Greenville Christian offers preschool through grade 12 education to residents of Greenville and the surrounding areas. The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools.
The Indianola Academy is a K-12 private school in Indianola, Mississippi. Indianola Academy comprises an elementary school, a middle school, and a college preparatory high school. Indianola Academy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution. It originated as a segregation academy. As of 2012 most white teenagers in Indianola attend Indianola Academy instead of the public high schools.
Pillow Academy (PA) is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in unincorporated Leflore County, Mississippi, near Greenwood. It was founded by white parents in 1966 as a segregation academy to avoid having their children attend school with blacks.
Lamar School, is an independent coeducational school located in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. The school was established in 1964 as a segregation academy. It is located on a 40 acres (16 ha) site on Lindley Road.
The Mississippi Delta region has had the most segregated schools -- and for the longest time—of any part of the United States. As recently as the 2016–2017 school year, East Side High School in Cleveland, Mississippi, was practically all black: 359 of 360 students were African-American.
Marvell Academy is a K-12 a private school in unincorporated Phillips County Arkansas, near Marvell.
Henderson High School was a public secondary school in Starkville, Mississippi. United States. It served as the high school for black students until the public schools were integrated in 1970. Grades k–8 were also located on the same property. After integration, the buildings served as a junior high school and later as an elementary school.
Starkville Academy (SA) is a private kindergarten through 12th grade school in Starkville, Mississippi, operated by the Oktibbeha Educational Foundation. It was founded in 1969 on property adjacent to Starkville High School as a segregation academy.
Winston Academy is a private college preparatory school in Louisville, Mississippi. It was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy.
Calhoun Academy (CA) is a private school in Pittsboro, Mississippi founded in 1968 as a segregation academy.
The Mississippi Red Clay region was a center of education segregation. Before the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, Mississippi sponsored freedom of choice policies that effectively segregated schools. After Brown, the effort was private with some help from government. Government support has dwindled in every decade since. In the state capital, Jackson, some public schools were converted to white-only Council schools. Today, some all-white and mostly-white private schools remain throughout the region as a legacy of that period.
Canton Academy, officially known as the Canton Academic Foundation, is a segregation academy in Canton, Mississippi, the county seat of Madison County. It serves 285 students in grades K-12.
