Riverdale Academy (Louisiana)
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| Riverdale Academy | |
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| Location | |
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, , 71019 | |
| Coordinates | 32°09′50″N 93°25′49″W / 32.163935°N 93.4302159°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Private |
| Opened | Fall 1970 |
| Principal | Dr. Hunter Brown |
| Grades | Pre-K-12 |
| Gender | Any |
| Enrolment | 247 |
| Average class size | 18 |
| Fight song | Raging Rebels |
| Sports | football, basketball, baseball, softball, track, golf, cheer, danceline |
| Mascot | Rebel |
| Accreditation | Mississippi Association of Independent Schools |
Riverdale Academy is a private school in East Point, Louisiana, United States. Located outside Coushatta, Riverdale is the only private K-12 school in Red River Parish.
The main building of Riverdale Academy was built in the 1920s as East Point School, a public K-8 school.[1] In response to a desegregation order resulting from a 1966 court case (U.S. v. Red River Parish School Board, C.A. No. 12169, W.D. La., filed July, 1966)[2] and population loss, numerous schools in Red River Parish had been consolidated or closed by 1970. East Point School was sold for $501.50 on January 8, 1970, to Florane House Movers,[3] which then turned over the property to a parents group to form a new segregation academy.
The school opened in the fall of 1970 as a segregation academy.[4] Its mascot is the Raging Rebels .[5]
