Piney Woods School

The Piney Woods Country Life School is a co-educational independent historically African-American boarding school for grades 9–12 in Piney Woods, unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi, 21 miles (34 km) south of Jackson. It is one of four remaining historically African-American boarding schools in the United States. It is the largest African-American boarding school, as well as being the second oldest continually operating African-American boarding school. Its campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.