Cruger-Tchula Academy (CTA) was an independent, co-educational college preparatory school located off US Highway 49 in Cruger,

Holmes County, Mississippi Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Yazoo River and the eastern border by the Big Black River. The western part of the county is within the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. As of the 2020 c ...

. The school was founded in 1965 as the first

segregation academy Segregation academies are private schools in the Southern United States that were founded in the mid-20th century by white parents to avoid having their children attend Racial segregation in the United States, desegregated public schools. They ...

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/ref> in Mississippi, and closed in 2001.

History

Cruger-Tchula Academy was established in 1965 and was a member of the

Mississippi Private School Association The Midsouth Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) is a consortium of schools in Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas. It is responsible for accreditation of its member private schools as well as governing athletic competition for i ...

. The school closed in 2001.

References

{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1965 Private K–12 schools in Mississippi Schools in Holmes County, Mississippi Segregation academies in Mississippi 1965 establishments in Mississippi