Opened 1966 Grades K-12 Phone +1 870-829-2816 | Principal Susan Ligon Founded 1966 | |
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Marvell Academy is a K-12 a private school in unincorporated Phillips County Arkansas, near Marvell.
The school is accredited by and participates in athletics with the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools.
The school was founded as a segregation academy founded by parents, some of whom were members of a White Citizens Council. The school was at one time located across a cotton patch from the area public school. Marvell public schools had been integrated in 1965. Marvell Academy is a Christian faith-based school. The student body of Marvell Academy is still 100% white.
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