Jackson Academy
Jackson Academy is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi founded by Loyal M. Bearrs in 1959. Bearrs claimed he established the school to teach using an accelerated phonics program he developed, but the school remained completely racially segregated until 1986, even forgoing tax exemption in 1970 to avoid having to accept Black students.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: School
- Description: primary and secondary independent school in Jackson, Mississippi
- Address: 4908 Ridgewood Rd, Jackson, MS 39211
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beth Israel Congregation and Smith–Wills Stadium.
Beth Israel Congregation
Synagogue
Beth Israel Congregation is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 5315 Old Canton Road in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Organized in 1860 by Jews of German background, it is the only Jewish synagogue in Jackson. Beth Israel Congregation is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Jackson Academy.
Smith–Wills Stadium
Stadium
Smith–Wills Stadium is a 5,200 seat baseball stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. It is located on Lakeland Drive, less than half a mile east of Interstate 55, in the northeastern part of the city. Smith–Wills Stadium is situated 2 miles southwest of Jackson Academy.
Woodland Hills Academy
School
Woodland Hills Baptist Academy was a private high school in Jackson, Mississippi, established in 1969 when the Jackson School Board was ordered to desegregate following the landmark Brown v. Woodland Hills Academy is situated 1¼ miles west of Jackson Academy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flowood and Ridgeland.
Flowood
Town
Flowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 10,202 as of the 2020 census. A suburb of Jackson, Flowood is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located northeast of the state capital. Flowood is situated 3½ miles south of Jackson Academy.
Ridgeland
Ridgeland is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 24,340 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Jackson metropolitan area.Jackson
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jackson is the capital of the state of Mississippi. While it may not offer much in terms of tourism today, Jackson can be used as a stopover for getting to other parts of the state or further.
Jackson Academy
- Category: education
- Location: Hinds, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.36296° or 32° 21′ 47″ northLongitude
-90.13973° or 90° 8′ 23″ westElevation
282 feet (86 metres)Open location code
864F9V76+54OpenStreetMap ID
way 1313347530OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=educationGeoNames ID
4431407Wikidata ID
Q6116939
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Jackson Academy” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “اكاديميه جاكسون”
- French: “Jackson Academy”
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