Marvell Academy

Marvell Academy is a K-12 a private school in unincorporated Phillips County Arkansas, near Marvell.[2]

Marvell Academy
Location
Marvell, Arkansas

United States
Coordinates34.56991°N 90.91223°W / 34.56991; -90.91223
Information
TypePrivate
Opened1966
PrincipalDr. Susan Ligon
GradesK3-12
Enrollment193 (2019[1])
Websitewww.marvellacademyeagles.com/home.html

The school is accredited by and participates in academic and athletic contests with the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools.

History

Marvell Academy was founded as a segregation academy by parents, some of whom were members of a White Citizens Council.[3] The school was at one time located across a cotton patch from the area public school.[4] Marvell public schools had been integrated in 1965.[5] The Marvel Academy Founders were reported to have said "Integration is the corruption of the true American heritage by alien concept and ideology"[6] In the 2015-2016 school year, the school enrolled two hispanic students and no black students.[1]

Marvell Academy is a Christian faith-based school.[7] As of 2019, the student body of Marvell Academy has 1% student of color.[8]

A 1969 Time Magazine article describing the emergence of segregation academies noted that "Few of them are quite so openly redneck as the Marvell Academy."[3]

References
  1. "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. "Marvell Academy Principals." Manta. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "645 Highway 243 Marvell, AR 72366."
  3. "Private Schools: The Last Refuge". Time. November 14, 1969. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. "South's All-White Private Academies Double This Year." Chicago Tribune. November 27, 1970. D7. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "the private Marvell Academy, across a cotton patch from the public school[...]"
  5. Jackson v. Marvell School District No C G 22 (Oct. 2, 1969.)
  6. "The Last Refuge". Time. 94 (20). November 14, 1969. Retrieved 2018-01-09 – via EBSCOhost.
  7. Marvell Academy. Retrieved on September 15, 2017.
  8. "Marvell Academy: Student Body". Private School Review. Privateschoolreview.com. 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
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