Type Public School board 1st District Grades 9–12 Founded 1783 | Established 1783 Principal Scott McClintock Phone +1 706-737-7152 Number of students 1,347 | |
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District Richmond County School System | ||
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The Academy of Richmond County is a high school located in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Known previously as Richmond County Military Academy, it is commonly known as Richmond Academy or ARC.
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- History
- Academics
- Athletics
- Mathematics team
- References
Chartered in 1783, it is the fifth oldest existing public high school in the United States, and the oldest existing public high school in the Southern United States.
Richmond Academy is located at the edge of the Summerville historic district of Augusta.
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History
Initially an all-male, privately funded school, it became a military school after the Civil War. Richmond Academy transitioned into a co-educational, traditional high school during the last half of the 20th century, although it has maintained a strong military Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.
President George Washington delivered the commencement address at the graduation ceremonies at ARC in 1791.
The original Richmond Academy building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1926, the academy moved to its present-day building on Walton Way. Then-principal Major George Butler described the school in 1927 as "second to none in the South in terms of facility." The 1926 building of the school has a Gothic-style architecture.
Up until the 1950s, ARC was for white males only. During the 1950s the school became coeducational, and in 1964, the school became desegregated.
Academics
The Academy of Richmond County has 1,347 students in grades 9 through 12, with a student to faculty ratio of 16:1. It has many advanced placement courses and an International Baccalaureate Programme course of study for its highly motivated college preparatory students that was added to the school in July 2003. ARC is one of three schools in the Central Savannah River Area that hosts an IB program.
Athletics
The school mascot is a Musketeer, and the school colors are purple and gold. The original school mascot was a bearcat.
The 1951-1957 Richmond Academy boys' baseball team was named one of the top 10 Georgia state sports dynasties. It has teams in many sports.
Mathematics team
The Mathematics Team won the 2005 National Society of Black Engineers Try-Math-A-Thon, which was held in Boston.