Private school
| Macon East Academy | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Cecil, Alabama | |
| Coordinates | 32°18′09″N 86°00′53″W / 32.3024391°N 86.0145863°W / 32.3024391; -86.0145863 |
| Information | |
| Former name | Macon Academy (1963-1995) |
| Type | Private |
| Established | September 1963 (1963-09) |
| NCES School ID | 00002835 |
| Faculty | 26.3 |
| Enrollment | 287 (2016) |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Team name | Knights |
| Website | maconeast |
Macon East Academy is a private PK-12 school in Cecil, Alabama. It was established as a segregation academy in response to the racial desegregation of public schools and serves 287 students.
History
Macon Academy was founded in September 1963 in Tuskegee, Alabama (32.3743789,-85.6599105), seat of Macon County. The school was a segregation academy. Under the direction of Governor George Wallace, the state provided scholarship money to support the school.
In 1995, in the midst of falling enrollments, the trustees moved the school to Cecil, Alabama, a suburb of Montgomery.
Campus
The campus, twenty miles east of Montgomery in a rural area, includes five buildings and outdoor athletic facilities.
References
- ^ "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- Wendy, Parker (2017). "Why Alabama School Desegregation Succeeded (And Failed)". Case Western Reserve Law Review. 67 (4). ISSN 0008-7262.
- ^ "SEPTEMBER 10, 1963: STATE FUNDS PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR WHITES TO AVOID INTEGRATION IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA". Black Then. August 13, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- Johnson, Wanda B. (December 1983). Fifteen Years Ago: Rural Alabama Revisited (PDF). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
