Sumter Academy

Sumter Academy
Location
Sumter Academy
York, Alabama
Coordinates 32°31′56″N 88°15′14″W / 32.5321004°N 88.2537875°W / 32.5321004; -88.2537875Coordinates: 32°31′56″N 88°15′14″W / 32.5321004°N 88.2537875°W / 32.5321004; -88.2537875
Information
Founded 1970
Closed June 2017
Faculty 20[1]
Enrollment 170 (2016[1])

Sumter Academy was a private PK-12 school in York, Alabama. It served 170 students.

History

Sumter was founded in 1970 as a segregation academy.[2] Five hundred students enrolled the first year.[3]

Sumter attracted the attention of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, prompting an inspection tour in 1982, along with eight other schools in Alabama[2]

In 2016, the school had one Asian student and no Black students enrolled.[1] It closed in 2017.[3]

Fund raising

Before it closed, Sumter sold an annual subscription to a weekly gun lottery. Each Wednesday, a gun would be given away.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Johnson, Wanda B. (December 1983). Fifteen Years Ago: Rural Alabama Revisited (PDF). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. p. 4. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 Taylor, Drew (June 21, 2017). "Sumter Academy shuts down following dwindling enrollment". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "2017 52 in 52 GUN RAFFLE". Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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