Cruger-Tchula Academy (CTA) was an independent, co-educational college preparatory school located off
US Highway 49
U.S. Route 49 (US 49) is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Piggott, Arkansas, at an intersection with US Route 62/ Highway 1/ Highway 139 (US 62/AR 1/AR 139). Its southern terminus is ...
in
Cruger,
Holmes County, Mississippi. The school was founded in 1965 as the first
segregation academy[''Coffey v. State Educational Finance Commission'']
296 F. Supp. 1389 (S.D. Miss. 1969)
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History
Cruger-Tchula Academy was established in 1965 and was a member of the Mississippi Private School Association. The school closed in 2001.
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Educational institutions established in 1965
Private elementary schools in Mississippi
Private high schools in Mississippi
Private middle schools in Mississippi
Schools in Holmes County, Mississippi
Segregation academies in Mississippi
1965 establishments in Mississippi