Pillow Academy

Pillow Academy
Address
Map
69601 U.S. Highway 82 West

Greenwood
,
Mississippi
38930

United States
Coordinates33°32′03″N 90°15′16″W / 33.534258°N 90.254384°W / 33.534258; -90.254384
Information
TypePrivate
Established1966
GradesK-12
Color(s)Green and gold   
NicknameMustangs
AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
AffiliationMississippi Association of Independent Schools
Websitewww.pillowacademy.com

Pillow Academy campus
Last updated: 5 January 2018

Pillow Academy (PA) is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in unincorporated Leflore County, Mississippi, near Greenwood.[1] It was founded by white parents in 1966 as a segregation academy to avoid having their children attend school with blacks.[2]

  1. ^ "About PA." Pillow Academy. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Freedom50 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).