Clarke Preparatory School is a private PK-12 school in

Grove Hill, Alabama Grove Hill is a town in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,818. It is the county seat of Clarke County and home of the Clarke County Museum. History The area that is now Grove Hill was originally inha ...

History

Grove Hill Academy was founded in 1970 by the Clarke School Foundation Inc. as a

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 desegregated public schools. They were founded between 1954, when the U.S. ...

. In 1972, Grove Hill was accredited by the Alabama Private School Association, which had been founded to accredit segregation academies. The school attracted the attention of the

United States Commission on Civil Rights The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 during the Eisenhower administration, that is charged with the responsibility for ...

, prompting an inspection tour in 1982, along with eight other schools in Alabama The school's sponsor, the Clarke School Foundation Inc. was granted tax exempt status in September 1995. The school initially operated out of the abandoned Grove Hill Hospital. The old hospital building where the school stood burned on April 7, 1996. The name was changed from Grove Hill Academy to Clarke Preparatory School in the 1999-2000 school year.https://www.cpsgators.com/about/history.cfm The school's teams were initially known as the Rebels, but later renamed the Gators.

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{{Portal, United States, Schools Private K-12 schools in Alabama Educational institutions established in 1970 Segregation academies in Alabama 1970 establishments in Alabama