{{Infobox school , name = Escambia Academy , logo = , motto = ''We are building champions both on and off the field'' , streetaddress = 268 Cowpen Creek Road , city =

Atmore, Alabama Atmore is a city in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1907. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,391. Atmore is in the planning stages to increase its economic base with additions in its new Rivercane d ...

, zipcode = 36502 , country = United States , coordinates = {{coord, 31.029838, -87.407787, format=dms, type:edu_region:US-AL, display=inline , coordinates_footnotes = , pushpin_map = Alabama , type = Private School K4-12 , established = {{Start date and age, 1970, p=1 , us_nces_school_id = 00001015 , ceeb = 010586 , principal = Susan Kirk , faculty = 30 (on

full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit that indicates the workload of an employee, employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often used to me ...

basis) , grades = KG to 12 , gender =

Co-education Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

, enrollment = 215{{cite web, title=Private School Universe Survey, url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=00001015, publisher=National Center for Education Statistics, accessdate=30 January 2023 , enrollment_as_of = 2022 , campus size = {{convert, 47.75, acre, ha , campus type = Rural , ACT = 21 , ACT_year = 2015-2016 , colors = Red and gold
{{Color box, Red, border=silver{{Color box, gold, border=silver , mascot = The Cougar , website = {{URL, https://eacougar.com/ Escambia Academy is a private school in

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Escambia, United States, with an Atmore post office address. It enrolls 215 students in grades KG–12. It was founded in 1970 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. ...

Description

Escambia Academy is a member of the

Alabama Independent School Association The Alabama Independent School Association is an organization of private schools in Alabama, formed in 1966 as the Alabama Private School Association. Originally a group of eight segregation academies, the membership grew to 60 by the 1971–72 sch ...

(AISA). Escambia Academy is fully accredited by AdvancED. Escambia uses a school gun raffle as a fund raising tool.

Athletics

Escambia Academy's varsity teams compete athletically in the

, an organization that was founded to support

segregation academies 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. ...

. AISA Championships *Basketball- 2004 (AISA-AA), 1986 (AISA-A) Boys *Basketball- 2005 (AISA-AA), 2004 (AISA-AA), 2002 (AISA-A), 2000 (AISA-A) Girls *Football- 2014 AISA Championship (AISA-AAA) *Football- 2017 AISA Championship (AISA-AA

*Track and Field- 2010 AISA Championship Boys (AISA-AA) {{Cite web, date=2010-04-26, title=Cougars racking up titles, url=https://www.atmoreadvance.com/2010/04/26/cougars-racking-up-titles/, access-date=2021-04-14, website=The Atmore Advance *Track and Field- 2010 AISA Championship Girls (AISA-AA) *Track and Field- 2012 AISA Championship Boys (AISA-AA) {{cite web , url=https://www.atmoreadvance.com/2012/04/19/cougars-boys-girls-win-state-track-titles/ , title=Cougars boys, girls win state titles , date=20 April 2012 , publisher=Atmore Advance , accessdate=November 19, 2018 *Track and Field- 2012 AISA Championship Girls Tie with Sparta Academy (AISA-AA) *Track and Field- 2015 AISA Championship (AISA-AAA) *Track and Field- 2016 AISA Championship (AISA-AA) *Track and Field- 2017 AISA Championship (AISA-AA) *Track and Field- 2018 AISA Championship (AISA-AA) *Track and Filed- 2019 AISA Championship (AISA-AA) *Track and Field- 2021 AISA Championship Varsity Boys (AISA-AA) *Track and Field- 2022 AISA Championship Varsity Boys (AISA-AA) *Track and Field- 2023 AISA Runner-up Junior Varsity Boys (AISA-A) *Powerlifting 2013 AISA Championship (AISA-AAA) and overall Championship *Powerlifting 2017 EA weightlifters break 3 AISA records *Powerlifting 2019 AISA Championship (AISA-AA) and overall Championship *Powerlifting 2020 AISA Championship (AISA-AA) and overall Championship *Powerlifting 2022 AISA Championship (AISA-AA) and overall Championship {{Cite web , last=Andrew Garner , date=2022-02-23 , title=EA wins 2A, overall powerlifting championship Tuesday , url=https://www.atmoreadvance.com/2022/02/23/ea-wins-2a-overall-powerlifting-championship-tuesday/ , access-date=2022-04-12 , website=The Atmore Advance , language=en

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External links

*{{Official website, https://www.eacougar.com/ {{Atmore, Alabama {{authority control 1970 establishments in Alabama Educational institutions established in 1970 Private K-12 schools in Alabama Schools in Escambia County, Alabama Segregation academies in Alabama