Headmaster Paul Hayles Nickname Colonels Phone +1 601-892-3770 Number of students 744 Student to teacher ratio 13 | Grades PK-12 Website www.copiahedu.org Founded 1967 Color Red and Blue | |
Enrollment 744 (including 49 pre-K) (2013-2014) Affiliations Southern Association of Independent Schools, and Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Teaching staff 53.6 (Full-time equivalent) Similar Crystal Springs High Sch, Hazlehurst High School, Terry High School, Hazlehurst PK‑8 School, Copiah County School Di | ||
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Copiah Academy (corporation name: Copiah Educational Foundation) is a independent, coeducational, college preparatory school enrolling 710 students in grades K3 through twelve. It was founded in 1967 as a segregation academy. The school sits in Copiah County, near the unincorporated community of Gallman, Mississippi.
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- Demographics
- History
- Discipline
- Student life
- Notable alumni
- References
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Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 695 K-12 students enrolled in 2013-2014, as reported to the NCES was:
History
Copiah Academy's first classes were held in 1967 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, just a few miles south of its current location. Because of a continued increase in the number of enrolled students, in 1970 classes were held in a one-million-dollar building on land donated by the T.M. Smith family. In the ensuing decades, Copiah Academy has expanded into a complex that offers educational and athletic opportunities for students from pre-school to college preparatory.
Copiah Academy began taking steps to achieve accreditation by the Mississippi Private School Association, an accreditation agency for segregation academics.
Although set up as a school for white students, Copiah Academy now states that it is "open to college-bound students of any race, color, creed, religion, gender, or ethnic origin". However, as of the 2013-2014 school year, the student body was 98.4% non-Hispanic White in a county where the overall percentage of non-Hispanic White people was 44.9%.
Discipline
There is a demerit system for misbehaving students, with 10 demerits leading to one detention.
For significant offenses in grades 3 through 12, Copiah Academy's policy is to administer corporal punishment (up to three "licks") "at the discretion and at the direction of the Headmaster."
Student life
Extracurricular activities available to Copiah students include student council, academic honors societies, band, dance team, cheerleading, visual arts classes and exhibits, drama and musical theater productions; and golf, tennis, baseball, fast-pitched softball, soccer, football, track and field, and other special interest teams.