Riverdale Academy (Louisiana)

Riverdale Academy
Address
Riverdale Academy
Louisiana Highway 515
Ark-La-Tex
Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana 71019
Coordinates 32°09′50″N 93°25′49″W / 32.163935°N 93.4302159°W / 32.163935; -93.4302159Coordinates: 32°09′50″N 93°25′49″W / 32.163935°N 93.4302159°W / 32.163935; -93.4302159
Information
School type Private
Opened Fall 1970
Principal Jamie Lawrence
Grades Pre-K-12
Gender Any
Enrolment 247
Average class size 18
Fight song Raging Rebels
Sports football, basketball, baseball, softball, track, golf, cheer, danceline
Mascot Rebel
Accreditation Mississippi Association of Independent Schools
Website riverdaleacademy.org

Riverdale Academy is a private school in East Point, Louisiana, United States. Located outside Coushatta, Riverdale is the only private K-12 school in Red River Parish.

The school opened in the fall of 1970 as a segregation academy.[1] Its mascot is the Ragings Rebels .[2]

State support

Riverdale, like other private schools in Louisiana, gets state support in the form of tax deductions for tuition, tuition grants for low income children, buses, and lunches.[3] Louisiana provides transportation of students to all schools public and private, as long as the school does not have discriminatory policies.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ . 5. The South Magazine. 1978. p. 35 https://books.google.com/books?id=U77nAAAAMAAJ&q=Riverdale+Academy+(Louisiana)+segregation&dq=Riverdale+Academy+(Louisiana)+segregation&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj81_PSkMTYAhWIOyYKHbjrCNAQ6AEIKTAA. Retrieved 6 January 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ History - Riverdale Academy.
  3. ↑ Ballard, Mike (January 25, 2016). "Breaks for private school parents could be on the line for budget cutting". The Advocate (Baton Rouge). Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Title 17 Education". State of Louisiana. Retrieved 16 January 2018.


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