Macon East Academy
Private school
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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[2] and serves 287 students.
| Macon East Academy | |
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32.3024391°N 86.0145863°W | |
| Information | |
| Former name | Macon Academy (1963-1995) Macon-East Montgomery Academy (1995-2011) |
| Type | Private |
| Established | September 1963 |
NCES School ID | 00002835 |
| Faculty | 26.3[1] |
| Enrollment | 287 (2016[1]) |
Campus type | Rural |
| Team name | Knights |
| Website | maconeast |
History
Macon Academy was founded in September 1963 in Tuskegee, Alabama (32.3743789,-85.6599105), seat of Macon County.[3] The school was a segregation academy.[4] Under the direction of Governor George Wallace, the state provided scholarship money to support the school.[3] In 1964, the school had a policy of allowing all white students to attend, regardless of their ability to pay tuition.[5] However, Macon Academy declined to process applications from seven black families on the grounds that the school had exhausted its supply of admissions forms.[6]
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.
