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Centreville Academy

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Centreville Academy is a private PK-12 school in Centreville, Mississippi. It serves 357 students from Amite County and adjacent Wilkinson County.

Established19 January 1970; 56 years ago (1970-01-19)[1]
NCES School ID
00736221
Faculty24.3[2]
Enrollment357 (2016[2])
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Centreville Academy
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Centreville, Mississippi

31.0768351°N 91.0611015°W / 31.0768351; -91.0611015
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Established19 January 1970; 56 years ago (1970-01-19)[1]
NCES School ID
00736221
Faculty24.3[2]
Enrollment357 (2016[2])
NicknameTigers
Websitewww.catigers.com
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History

At the end of the 1950s, as part of the Massive resistance to the desegregation of the educational system ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education many white students were enrolled in newly-established segregation academies which included Centreville Academy.[3] As segregation faded in popularity most of these institutions changed their openly discriminatory policies and in 2016, the school had one black student.[2]

Athletics

The school offers the following sports:

  • Football — MAIS class AA champions in 1976, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2007, and 2008. Class AAA 2010, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2023.[4] under Bill Hurst, who has been coach at Centreville for more than forty years.[5]
  • Softball
  • Track
  • Basketball
  • Baseball
  • Tennis
  • Archery

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