Oak Hill Academy is a private PK-12 school in West Point, Mississippi, the seat of Clay County, Mississippi. The school serves about 400 students. It was founded as a segregation academy in 1966.
| Oak Hill Academy | |
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| Location | |
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United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°37′00″N 88°38′02″W / 33.6167°N 88.6339°W |
| Information | |
| Opened | 1966[1] |
| NCES School ID | 00735523 |
| Principal | Cathy Davis |
| Faculty | 30 |
| Enrollment | 380 |
| Athletics conference | MAIS |
| Teams | Raiders |
| Accreditation | Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Website | www |
| Last updated: 8 January 2018 | |
History
editOak Hill was refused tax-exempt status by the IRS in the 1970s for refusal to execute a policy of non-discrimination.[1]
The school's policy was a matter of questioning at the Senate confirmation of Lyonel Thomas Senter Jr. as a federal judge. His children attended Oak Hill.[1]
In 1987, Oak Hill was still an all-white school, as described in Fyfe v. Curlee.[2] In 2016, the school had no black students registered.[3] By 2021, the National Center for Education Statistics reported the school had 279 students, of whom two were Black and four Hispanic.[4] The racial makeup of Clay County is 56.33% Black or African American, 42.82% White, 0.05% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
References
edit- ^ a b c Selection and confirmation of Federal judges: hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. 1981. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "902 F. 2d 401 - Fyfe v. Curlee". United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. June 5, 1990. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Oak Hill Academy". US Department of Education. Retrieved 12 June 2021.