Nathanael Greene Academy
Address
Po Box 109

, ,
30665
Coordinates33°31′53″N 83°04′33″W / 33.531267°N 83.0757858°W / 33.531267; -83.0757858
Information
TypePrivate
Religious affiliation(s)Nonsectarian
Established1969 (1969)
NCES School ID00297259[1]
Faculty20 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Enrollment101[1] (2018)
Student to teacher ratio4.8[1]
Websitenathanaelgreeneacademy.com

Nathanael Greene Academy is a private PK-12 school in Siloam, Georgia, a small town in Greene County.

History

Nathanael Greene Academy was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy. Its original campus of five acres (2.0 ha) and three buildings was purchased from the town of Siloam for $100 and subsequently valued for tax purposes at $24,000. In its first year of operations it had no black students or teachers.[2]

Student body

In 2018, the school had 3 Black, and no Asian or Hispanic students.[1] Surrounding Greene County has a population that is about 40% Black.[3] For the 2018–19 school year, the student body included a low percentage of minority students.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Nathanael Greene Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  2. Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, United States. Congress. Senate. (1970). Equal Educational Opportunity: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session-92nd Congress, First Session, Volume 10. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 2012,2018,2120. Retrieved 14 January 2018. No Negro students applied.
  3. "DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  4. Felton, Emmanuel (June 17, 2018). "'It's like a black and white thing': How some elite charter schools exclude minorities". NBCNews. The Hechinger Report. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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