Macon East Academy

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
Location
Cecil, Alabama
Coordinates	32.3024391°N 86.0145863°W / 32.3024391; -86.0145863
Information
Former name	Macon Academy (1963-1995) Macon-East Montgomery Academy (1995-2011)
Type	Private
Established	September 1963 (1963-09)
NCES School ID	00002835
Faculty	26.3[1]
Enrollment	287 (2016[1])
Campus type	Rural
Team name	Knights
Website	maconeast.net

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 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.