Bayou Academy

Bayou Academy
Location
Bayou Academy
1291 Crosby Road
Cleveland, Mississippi 38732
Coordinates 33°45′43″N 90°45′47″W / 33.762°N 90.763°W / 33.762; -90.763
Information
Type Private
Established 1964[1]
Principal Pete Aycock (elementary)[2]
Headmaster Dave Granville (jr-sr high)[1]
Faculty 30.5 (on FTE basis)[3]
Grades Pre-Kindergarten to 12
Enrollment 350
Student to teacher ratio 7.1[3]
Color(s) Royal Blue, and White[4]
        
Athletics conference MAIS Div. AAA District 1[4]
Mascot Colts[4]
Rivals Lee Academy
Accreditation MAIS[4]
Affiliation Non-sectarian[3]
Website www.bayouacademy.net

Bayou Academy is a non-profit private school located in unincorporated Bolivar County, Mississippi, near the City of Cleveland on Highway 8. The school serves about 500 students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12.

The school is accredited by the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools.

History

Bayou Academy was founded in 1964 as a segregation academy.[5] After the United States Supreme Court decided Alexander v. Holmes in 1969, ordering the desegregation of public schools in the South, the all-white Bayou Academy doubled its enrollment for the 1970 school year.[6]

It is notable that in the 2010 census, the City of Cleveland was 47.5 percent white,[7] and Bolivar County was 33.5 percent white.[8] Demographic data for Bayou Academy shows that of the 372 students who attended in the 2011-2012 school year, 99 percent were white.[9]

Sports

The sports in Bayou Academy register in grades starting at 7th grade and ends with 12th grade. The following sports are played by both male and female: Track, basketball, soccer, swimming, tennis. The next few sports are male only: Football, golf, baseball. The following sports are female only: Cheer, softball

References

  1. 1 2 "Headmaster". Bayou Academy. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  2. ↑ "Administrator". Bayou Academy. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  3. 1 2 3 "Bayou Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2008-02-12. Total enrollment: 254
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Bayou Academy". Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  5. ↑ Thornton, Mary (1983-04-21). "A Legacy of Legal Segregation Returns to Haunt a Small Town". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  6. ↑ Jason Sokol (14 August 2007). There Goes My Everything: White Southerners in the Age of Civil Rights, 1945-1975. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-307-27550-9. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - Cleveland, Mississippi". U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  8. ↑ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - Bolivar County, Mississippi". U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  9. ↑ "Bayou Academy". Private School Universe Survey. U.S. Department of Education.
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