[1][2] In the summer of 1970, a senior told the Atlanta Constitution she enrolled in Terrell Academy so she "didn't have to spend the rest of her life sitting next to a nigger.

"[3] In 1973, headmaster Thomas Church told the Atlanta Constitution that racial situation in Terrell County School District boosted the private school’s enrollment.

[4] In 1977, Terrell Academy director W.C. Woodall acknowledged that the school was founded in response to a court order mandating the integration public school faculty.

Woodall stated that although he personally supported racial segregation, black students would be welcome at Terrell.

[6] In 2020, in grades PK-12, the school had a total of 351 students and 32.1 teachers on a full-time equivalent basis.