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Jackson Preparatory School (Jackson Prep) is a private school in Flowood, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson, with a controversial history as a segregation academy. [2] The school is coeducational and serves preschool through grade 12.
Pages in category "Private schools in the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jackson Academy is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi founded by Loyal M. Bearrs in 1959. [2] Bearrs claimed he established the school to teach using an accelerated phonics program he developed, [3] [4] but the school remained completely racially segregated until 1986, even forgoing tax exemption in 1970 to avoid having to accept Black students.
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No. 2 Hartfield Academy (13-0) vs. No. 14 Jackson Prep (10-3) When: 6 p.m., Saturday. Where: Mississippi College, Clinton. This is the MAIS 6A state championship and Jackson Prep is the defending ...
Most of these schools remain overwhelmingly white institutions, both because of their founding ethos and because tuition fees are a barrier to entry. In communities where many or most white students are sent to these private schools, the percentages of African-American students in tuition-free public schools are correspondingly elevated.
University School of Jackson (USJ) is a non-denominational, non-sectarian, independent, college preparatory school located in northwest Jackson, Tennessee, that educates students from infancy through the 12th grade. [3] USJ is ranked the #1Best Private High Schools in Madison County. [4]
Jackson College was founded as Jackson Junior College in 1928 and operated as a division of the Jackson Public Schools. Voters agreed to make it a separate entity in 1962, and the name was changed to Jackson Community College in 1965. [3] In June 2013, the school's board of directors approved a name change to Jackson College.