Crowley's Ridge Academy (CRA) is a private

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serving students in prekindergarten through grade 12 in the rural community of

Paragould, Arkansas Paragould is the county seat of Greene County, and the 19th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas delta ...

, United States. Founded in 1953, the campus located in the region known as

Crowley's Ridge Crowley's Ridge (also Crowleys Ridge) is a geological formation that rises 250 to above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment in a line from southeastern Missouri to the Mississippi River near Helena, Arkansas. It is the most prom ...

, serves more than 325 students and the school is affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with students accepted and welcomed from all denominations and religious affiliations.

Academics

CRA is accredited by AdvancED since 1982 and is accredited by the Arkansas Nonpublic School Accrediting Association (ANSAA) and the National Christian School Association (NCSA). The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the

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(ADE), which requires students to complete at least 24 credit units before graduation. Students engage in regular (core) and career focus courses and exams and may select Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams that may lead to college credit.

Athletics

The Crowley's Ridge Academy High School mascot and athletic emblem is the ''

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'', with the school colors being maroon and white. The CRA Falcons participate in various interscholastic activities in the 1A Classification within the 1A Region 3 Conference as administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. Girls may participate in volleyball, basketball, track and field, softball, tennis, and cross country. Boys may participate basketball, tennis, track and field, baseball, and cross country. Soccer and golf are also offered, as co-ed sports. * Volleyball: The Lady Falcons are 7-time state volleyball champions (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2017). * Cross Country: The boys cross country squad won the state cross country championship in 2009. * Tennis: The boys tennis team won the state tennis championship in 2006. * Track and field: The boys track teams won three consecutive state track championships in 1994, 1995, and 1996.

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