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The Lovett School
Lovett School visitor center
Location
Map
4075 Paces Ferry Road

Atlanta
,
Georgia
30327

United States
Coordinates33°51′42″N 84°27′09″W / 33.86178°N 84.452573°W / 33.86178; -84.452573
Information
MottoOmnia ad Dei Gloriam
Religious affiliationNon-denominational
Established1926
Head of schoolMeredyth Cole
ChaplainRev. Steve Allen
Faculty269
Teaching staff214.9 (FTE) (2023–24)[1]
GradesK–12
GenderCo-educational
Number of students1,627 [1] (2023–24)
Student to teacher ratio7.6 (2023–24)[1]
Campus size100 acres
Campus typeSuburban
Colors   Blue and white
MascotThe Lovett Lion
AccreditationsSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
Southern Association of Independent Schools
PublicationLovett Magazine
NewspaperThe OnLion
YearbookThe Leonid
Tuition$27,675- $32,130
Websitelovett.org

The Lovett School is a coeducational kindergarten through twelfth grade independent school located in north Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

History

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In September 1926, Eva Edwards Lovett opened the Lovett School with 20 boys and girls in first through third grades in Midtown Atlanta.[citation needed] By 1936, Lovett had become a day school, with a move to a wooded campus north of the city off West Wesley Road.

In 1960-61, Lovett opened at 4075 Paces Ferry Road—Lovett's current location, with an enrollment of 1,024 students, representing all grades except the 12th. By 1964, both the elementary and high schools were accredited by the Georgia Commission of Accreditation (and each year subsequently), and the upper school was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

In 1992, the school purchased 320 acres of cloud forest, known as Siempre Verde, in Ecuador to set up a research and education center.[2]

The school celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2000-01[3] with events such as a history exhibition and a reunion for former alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the school.

In 2017, the school announced that Meredyth Cole would replace retiring headmaster William S. Peebles IV at the end of the 2017–18 school year.[4]

Integration struggles

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In 1963, the Lovett School became the focus of a desegregation controversy when it rejected the applications of three black students. In 1963, Coretta Scott King contacted the school and asked if it had a racially nondiscriminatory admissions policy.[5] When the school responded that it would admit a black student, her son, Martin Luther King III applied. However, there was not a guarantee that any particular student would be admitted.[6] King was rejected. The Episcopal Diocese then distanced itself from the school.[5]

At the center of this long ago debate were the school's ties to the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, which had been established in 1954. The national Episcopal Church had issued directives to its member dioceses to integrate their institutions; the Lovett School's refusal to do so placed the bishop of Atlanta, the Rt. Rev. Randolph Claiborne Jr., in a difficult situation.[7] After a number of pickets at the school organized by the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, the diocese and school attempted to resolve the situation by severing ties with each other. In later years, the school reportedly revised its admission policy with regards to race.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for The Lovett School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  2. ^ Neergard, Lauran (August 18, 1993). "'Forever green' School buys forest to preserve, study". Newspapers.com. Grand Island, Nebraska: The Grand Island Independent. p. D1. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  3. ^ Carter, Rochelle (August 28, 2000). "Private Schools Expanding". Newspapers.com. The Atlanta Constitution. p. 14. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "Lovett Names New Head of School". www.lovett.org. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Webb, Clive (July 21, 2005). Massive Resistance: Southern Opposition to the Second Reconstruction. Oxford University Press. p. 108. ISBN 9780198039563.
  6. ^ Kruse, Kevin M. (July 11, 2013). White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism. Princeton University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-1400848973.
  7. ^ Shattuck, Gardiner H. Christian Witness and Racial Integration in the Deep South. ISBN 0813127726.
  8. ^ "Alumni Artists in the News". The Lovett School. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  9. ^ Baker, Donald P. (August 24, 1987). "Pair Accused In Murders Shared Paths". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  10. ^ Thrash, Maggie (September 5, 2017). "I Went to the Nazi Beer-Pong High School, and That's Exactly Why I Write Satire". Book Riot. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
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