Burley High School (Charlottesville, Virginia)

Jackson P. Burley High School was a segregated school for African American students in Charlottesville, Virginia. Located on Rose Hill Drive, it opened in 1951 to serve students from both the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. It graduated its final class of seniors in 1967, and soon after, the city's interest in the school was purchased by Albemarle County. In 1974 it reopened as Jackson P. Burley Middle School.

The school was built on a seventeen-acre tract of land purchased from a prominent African American community member, Jackson P. Burley. In November, 2020, the school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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