Bulloch Academy

Bulloch Academy
Address
Map
873 Westside Rd

Statesboro
,
Georgia
30458

United States
Coordinates32°26′54″N 81°48′48″W / 32.448212°N 81.813210°W / 32.448212; -81.813210
Information
TypePrivate
Established1971 (53 years ago) (1971)
CEEB code112803
Head of schoolLeisa Houghton
Teaching staff37.4 (on an FTE basis)[1]
GradesPre-K–12
Number of students585[1] (2019–20)
Student to teacher ratio13.9[1]
Color(s)Green, grey, gold
   
MascotGator
Websitewww.bullochacademy.com

Bulloch Academy is an independent, grades PK–12 school in Bulloch County, Georgia, that was founded as a segregation academy.

History

Bulloch Academy was created as a segregation academy in order to continue providing white-only education in Statesboro, Georgia after federally mandated integration was enacted.[2]

Demographics

As of the 2019–2020 school year, the student population was less than 2% black[1] though the school district in which it resides was 28% black.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Private Schools - School Detail for BULLOCH ACADEMY".
  2. ^ Deever, Bryan. "The Panopticon of Tracking: Desegregation and Curriculum Change in a Southern School, 1968-1972" (PDF). ERIC. Georgia Southern University. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "ACS School District Profile 2015-19".


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