{{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = REBUL Academy | native_name = | latin_name = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | seal_image = | seal_size = | seal_alt = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | motto = | motto_translation = | address = 5257 Learned Rd | location = | region = | city = Learned | state = Mississippi | province = | county = Hinds | postal_code = | zipcode = 39154 | country = United States | country1 = | coordinates = {{coord|32.2024|-90.5502|type:edu_region:US-MS|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | other_name = | former_name = | schooltype = Private | fundingtype = | type = | religious_affiliation = Christian | denomination = | patron = | established = | founded = 1967<ref name="pp2014">{{cite web|title=Rebul Academy Inc Form 990 2014|url=https://pp-990.s3.amazonaws.com/2016_06_EO/64-0443813_990_201506.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAI7C6X5GT42DHYZIA%2F20180106%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20180106T180950Z&X-Amz-Expires=1800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=e0140e3b04af805ad683a779f1d811594e291e049aaffa9a1751aba9fcf8b4dc|publisher=ProPublica|accessdate=6 January 2018}}</ref> | us_nces_district_id = 2801860 | us_nces_school_id = 01653321 | head_of_school = Debra J. Bowers | grades = K-12 | years = | years_taught = | gender = | age_range = | lower_age = | upper_age = | enrollment = 32 | enrollment_as_of = | colors = Red, Black, White | slogan = | song = | fight_song = | athletics = Archery, Basketball, Softball | athletic_conference = | sports = | mascot = | mascot_image = | nickname = | teams = | team_name = Raiders | rival = | accreditation = Midsouth Association of Independent Schools (MAIS)<br>Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) | website = {{URL|https://www.rebulacademy.com}} | footnotes = | picture = | picture_caption = | picture2 = | picture_caption2 = | lastupdate = 10 March 2024 }} '''REBUL Academy''' was a private K-12 school in Learned, Mississippi, United States. It closed in June 2024.<ref name="Listing">{{cite web |title=8.9 Acres in Hinds County in Learned, MS (Former Rebul Academy) |url=https://tomsmithlandandhomes.com/property/1214979/8-9-acres-in-hinds-county-in-learned-ms-former-rebul-academy |website=Tom Smith Land and Homes |access-date=5 March 2025}}</ref>

==History==

REBUL Academy was founded in 1967 as a segregation academy. In 1968, REBUL Academy was one of the founding members of the Mississippi Private School Association.<ref>https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2852&context=etd</ref> The school lost its tax exempt status in 1970 as the result of a determination by the IRS that it had discriminatory admission practices.<ref name="ar700820">{{cite news |date=20 August 1970 |title=... schools lose tax-exempt status |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/117573938/ |accessdate=6 January 2018 |publisher=Arizona Republic |page=23}}</ref><ref name="NYT peril">{{cite news |title=I.R.S. MOVE PERILS WHITE SCHOOL AID |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/20/archives/irs-move-perils-white-school-aid-11-mississippi-schools-cut-from.html |access-date=11 March 2024 |publisher=New York Times |date=August 20, 1971}}</ref> It did not get tax-exempt status until 1993.<ref name="pp180106">{{cite web|title=Rebul Academy Inc Form 990 2016|url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/640443813|publisher=ProPublica|accessdate=6 January 2018}}</ref>

In the fall of 1968, its first year of operation, the school had 83 students. It grew to 162 students in 1969 and 262 in 1970.<ref name="1970-71 Registration">{{cite news |date=May 9, 1970 |title=Rebul academy announces 1970-1971 Registration Day |publisher=Jackson Clarion-Ledger}}</ref>

In June 2006, the gymnasium was destroyed in a fire.<ref name="Fire 2006">{{cite news |title=Summer fire leaves former facility in ruins |work=Northeast Ledger |publisher=Jackson Clarion-Ledger |date=August 16, 2006}}</ref>

REBUL Academy's name derives from the communities it serves - Raymond, Edwards, Bolton, Utica, and Learned.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 9, 1970 |title=Rebul academy announces 1970-1971 Registration Day |work=Jackson Clarion-Ledger}}</ref>

In June 2024, the school closed.<ref name="Listing" />

==Demographics== According to NCES, as of the 2021-2022 school year, the school had a total of 51 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Of these 51, 100% were White.<ref name="NCES 2022">{{cite web |title=REBUL Academy |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolName=rebul+academy&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=01653321 |website=National Center For Education Statistics |access-date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311150359/https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolName=rebul+academy&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=01653321 |archive-date=March 11, 2024}}</ref>

There were a total of 7 teachers in grades kindergarten through 12th, for a student teacher ratio of 7.3.<ref name="NCES 2022" />

==Athletics== REBUL Academy fields teams in archery, basketball, and softball. The school participates in Class 2A, the smallest class of MAIS.<ref>https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/03/04/mais-realignment-2021-23-mississippi-private-schools-jackson/6920793002/</ref>

== Controversies == In 2020, a REBUL Academy coach, Christopher Ingram, was arrested for an off-campus incident of having sex with a 17-year-old student and for making claims about his son dying of cancer to raise money. In 2022, he was convicted and sentenced to 15 years for both crimes.<ref>https://www.wapt.com/article/former-teacher-coach-christopher-ingram-pleads-guilty-to-s-ex-charges-involving-student/42232834</ref>

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== External links == * [https://rebulacademy.com Official website] {{Portal|Mississippi|Schools}} {{Education in Hinds County, Mississippi}} {{authority control}}

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