Global InformationGlynn Academy information
| Glynn Academy | |
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| Address | |
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1001 Mansfield Street Brunswick , Georgia 31520 United States | |
| Coordinates | 31°08′50″N 81°29′24″W / 31.147165°N 81.489996°W |
Glynn Academy | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 The 1840 building | |
| Location | Corner of Monck and Norwich Streets, Brunswick, GA |
| Coordinates | 31°08′55″N 81°29′26″W / 31.14864°N 81.49062°W |
| Built | 1840 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000775[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 2, 2011 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Founded | 1788 |
| School district | Glynn County School District |
| Superintendent | Scott Spence |
| Principal | Matthew Blackstone |
| Teaching staff | 104.20 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,900 (2019-20)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.23[2] |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Athletics | GHSA 1-AAAAA |
| Mascot | Red Terrors |
| Rival | Brunswick High School |
| Website | Glynn Academy |
Glynn Academy (GA) is an American public high school in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, enrolling 1,900 students in grades 9–12.[3] Along with Brunswick High School, it is one of two high schools in the Glynn County School System. Glynn Academy offers technical, academic, and Advanced Placement programs and is accredited by the Georgia Department of Education and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.[3][4] The school has consistently been ranked among the top public high schools in the United States by Newsweek.[5][6]
Chartered by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on February 1, 1788,[7] Glynn Academy is the second-oldest public high school outside of New England and the seventh-oldest public high school in the United States;[8] at its inception, the school embraced all grades of primary and secondary education.[9] The first recorded building was built in 1819 on a tract of land known as Academy Range.[8] A new building was erected in 1840 on Hillsborough Square, the present location of the school.[8] From 1819 to 1840, the school was known as Glynn County Academy.[10] Because of an unsatisfactory courthouse, the county's superior and inferior courts often met at the school from 1825 to 1884.[11] In 1889, the Annex Building was constructed,[9] followed by the Prep Junior High School in 1909 (later annexed to the school as the Prep Building),[8][12] and the Glynn Academy Building in 1923.[8] The original 1840 structure was moved out of the city in 1915;[8] in 2008, it was relocated to the current campus where it serves as an interpretive museum.[13] The 1840 building itself is on the National Register of Historic Places and three other buildings (the Prep Building, 1905–09; the G.A. building, 1922; and the Annex, 1889) are contributing properties to the Brunswick Old Town Historic District.
The school, in addition to serving sections of Brunswick, serves Brookman, Blythe Island, Sea Island, and St. Simons Island.[14][15] It also serves sections of Country Club Estates and Dock Junction.[16][17]
- ^ "Weekly list of actions taken on properties:11/07/11 Through 11/10/11". National Park Service. November 18, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ a b c Glynn Academy
- ^ a b "Glynn Academy at the Georgia Department of Education". State of Georgia. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Southern Association of Colleges and Schools". Retrieved 2009-08-08.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "America's Top Public High Schools 2006". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
- ^ "America's Top Public High Schools 2008". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
- ^ "February 1, 1788". Revolutionary Records of Georgia I: 620–621.
- ^ a b c d e f "The History of Glynn Academy". Glynn County School System. Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ a b "Annex Building fire". Coastal Georgia Genealogy and History. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ Barefoot, Patricia (2000-11-08). Brunswick: The City by the Sea. Arcadia Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-7385-0642-5.
- ^ "Glynn County Courthouse". Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Prep Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ Stepzinski, Teresa (2008-06-11). "Historic school goes home to Glynn Academy campus". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "High School Zones Map Archived 2019-03-12 at the Wayback Machine." Glynn County School System. Retrieved on March 13, 2019.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): St. Simons CDP, GA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 13, 2019. Pages: 1, 2, and 3.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Country Club Estates CDP, GA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 13, 2019.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Dock Junction CDP, GA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 13, 2019. Pages 1 and 2.