Colleton Preparatory Academy
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| name = Colleton Preparatory Academy
| address = 165 Academy Rd
| city = Walterboro, South Carolina
| zipcode = 29488
| country = United States
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| former_name = John C. Calhoun Academy
| type = Private
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| established = {{Start date and age|1965|p=1}}
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| head_of_school = Jill Burttram
| grades = K1–12
| enrollment = 502
| enrollment_as_of = 2023
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| school_colors = Blue & White
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| website = {{URL|http://www.colletonprep.org/}}
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Colleton Preparatory Academy is a pre-kindergarten to 12th grade school in Walterboro, South Carolina, United States.
History
The school opened in 1966 as a segregation academy under the name John C. Calhoun Academy,{{cite book|last1=Estes|first1=Steve|title=Charleston in Black and White: Race and Power in the South after the Civil Rights Movement|date=July 10, 2015|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=978-1-4696-2232-3|page=93|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1m0CAAAQBAJ&q=John+C.+Calhoun+Academy|accessdate=6 December 2017}} who was a famous proponent of slavery.{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Clyde N. |url=http://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/clyde-wilson-library/john-c-calhoun-and-slavery-as-a-positive-good-what-he-said |title=John C. Calhoun and Slavery as a 'Positive Good': What He Said |publisher=The Abbeville Institute |date=June 26, 2014 |access-date=June 6, 2016}} During its first school year it was housed in Grace Advent Christian Church. The following year, it moved to its own campus where it remains today. It had been one of 111 schools whose tax-exempt status had been contested by the Internal Revenue Service.{{cite news|last1=Taylor Jr|first1=Stuart|title=EX-TAX OFFICIALS ASSAIL SHIFT ON SCHOOL EXEMPTION STATUS|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/12/us/ex-tax-officials-assail-shift-on-school-exemption-status.html|accessdate=6 December 2017|work=New York Times|date=January 12, 1982}} In 1990, exemption was granted and the school renamed Colleton.
Academics
The school offers two tracks for high school students: college prep and early college, in coordination with University of South Carolina Salkehatchie.
The school has accreditation from the South Carolina Independent School Association.
Athletics
Colleton competes in baseball, basketball, football, softball, tennis, volleyball, cheerleading, wrestling, cross country, golf and soccer.