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Type
  
Independent

Headmaster
  
Clint Welch

Enrollment
  
Around 300

Mascot
  
Wildcat

Color
  
Green and Gold

Established
  
1967

Grades
  
K3-12

Phone
  
+1 334-567-5102

Founded
  
1967

Faculty
  
34

Edgewood Academy

Affiliations
  
Alabama Independent School Association

Address
  
5475 El Rd, El, AL 36025, USA

Motto
  
Large enough to reach opportunity - small enough to feel like family

Similar
  
Prattville Christian Academy, Stanhope El High Sch, El County Board Ed, Intensive Treatment Placement, East Memorial Christian

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The Edgewood Academy is a non-profit non-sectarian independent school located in Elmore, Alabama. The total enrollment is around 300 students including preschool through twelfth grade. The school was founded in 1967 as a segregation academy. Edgewood Academy has been accredited by the Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) since 1974, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS, and the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA). Edgewood students score well above the national average on the Stanford Achievement Test. For the twelfth year in a row, Edgewood has been named an AISA Blue Ribbon School which exemplifies excellence in teaching, student performance, school life, and school and community interaction.

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Athletics

Edgewood's varsity teams compete athletically in the Alabama Independent School Association. Varsity girls have won state championships in softball, volleyball, and cheerleading. The National Private School Athletic Association (NPSAA) awarded Edgewood's varsity football team the Division II National Championship in 2008. At the end of the 2015 season Edgewood Academy held the nation's longest eleven man high school football winning streak at 71 games according to USA Today [3]. Edgewood Academy won a second National Championship in baseball after being awarded the honor by MaxPreps.com. Edgewood Academy's baseball team finished the 2013 year ranked No. 1 in the MaxPreps Small School (enrollment under 1,000 students National Baseball Rankings ahead of teams from Florida, Oklahoma and Arakansas. The school also fields youth football teams for grades 2nd, 3rd, and 4th (Termite) and grades 5th and 6th (PeeWee).

Maxpreps Small School National Championship

  • Baseball- 2013
  • AISA State Championships

  • Football- 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Overall Record [4]
  • Baseball- 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Basketball- 2001, 2015
  • Softball- 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2014
  • Volleyball- 2011
  • Youth Football Tournament Championships and Regular Season Record (R)

  • 2009 Warrior Bowl Champions, Auburn AL - Termites (5-0-1) and PeeWees (7-0)
  • 2010 Jungle Jamboree Champions, Elmore AL - Termites (7-0)
  • 2011 Jungle Jamboree Champions, Elmore AL - PeeWees (6-1-1)
  • 2012 Jungle Jamboree Champions, Elmore AL - Termites (7-1) and PeeWees (8-0)
  • 2012 Monroe Academy Invitational Tournament, Monroe, AL - Termites (7-1)
  • References

    Edgewood Academy Wikipedia