Defunct: Schools & Academies

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Man with cowboy hat standing outside stone building with bench and trees in the foreground
Alco School
The Alco School, located on State Highway 66 at Alco (Stone County), is a one-story, fieldstone-clad building ...
"Negro Baptists Meet" newspaper clipping
Arkadelphia Baptist Academy
The Arkadelphia Baptist Academy in Arkadelphia (Clark County) was one of many schools founded across the South...
"Colored Football Team Challenges" newspaper clipping
Arkadelphia Presbyterian Academy
Arkadelphia Presbyterian Academy, located in Arkadelphia (Clark County), was a co-educational elementary and s...
Side view of two-story brick school building with propane tank next to it and cupola on the roof
Bates School House
The Bates School House is located in the unincorporated community of Bates (Scott County). The schoolhouse was...
Two views of a single story concrete block building overgrown with weeds
Beebe Colored School
One of the last physical structures in White County associated with the education of African Americans during ...
Picture of school campus buildings and text on program cover
Booker T. Washington High School (Jonesboro)
Booker T. Washington High School (BTW) in Jonesboro (Craighead County), also known as Jonesboro Industrial Hig...
Single-story building with stone walls and covered porch
Boswell School
The Works Progress Administration (WPA), one of the many government programs designed to help combat the econo...
Single-story building with stone walls and two doors under covered porch on gravel
Buford School Building
The Buford School Building at 4439 Buford Road near Mountain Home (Baxter County) is a single-story two-room s...
Two-story stone building with arched doorway and steps with brick wall on street
Caddo Valley Academy
Caddo Valley Academy (CVA) was founded in Womble (Montgomery County) in 1921. Though the private school was op...
Brick building with steps and awning over the front door
Calico Rock Home Economics Building
The Calico Rock Home Economics Building, located on Second Street in Calico Rock (Izard County), was built in ...
Abandoned school house and shed with overgrown yard
Cedar Grove School No. 81
Located five miles north of Pocahontas (Randolph County) in the Brockett community is the Cedar Grove School N...
young African-American men playing basketball outside with school buildings in the background and young African American women watching
Christ Church Parochial and Industrial School
Christ Church Parochial and Industrial School was a private school for African-American children operated in F...
Group photo of white men and women in yard and on balcony outside multistory brick building
Clarke's Academy
Clarke’s Academy was a private school that operated between 1867 and 1905 in Berryville (Carroll County). Th...
Brick school building with covered porch
Clarksville High School Building No. 1
The Clarksville High School Home Economics Building in Clarksville (Johnson County) was a one-story Craftsman-...
White wooden building with red roof and covered entrance
Coal Gap School
The Coal Gap School building is located in rural Benton County, approximately fifteen miles east of Rogers (Be...
Single-story building with stone walls and covered porch steps
Cold Springs School
aka: Hepsey School
The Cold Springs School, located in Cold Spring Hollow within the B...
rundown white building with green trim with "Cold Water" painted above the entrance and a black silhouette on the porch
Cold Water School
The Cold Water School, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in the former v...
College Station Freedom School
While the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education marked the end of legally sanction...
Group of young African-American women posing in dresses
Colored Industrial Institute
The Colored Industrial Institute in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) was one of the first Catholic-supported scho...
small group of African American students of various ages outside brick building
Consolidated White River Academy
The Consolidated White River Academy arose in the late 1800s when several African-American church groups in th...
Cotton Plant Academy
Cotton Plant Academy, located in Cotton Plant (Woodruff County), was a co-educational boarding school operated...
Large group in several rows of black students and two male teachers one standing on far left the other on far right both dressed in suits all standing in front of brick school building
Desha County Training School
The Desha County Training School was constructed in McGehee (Desha County) in 1927 for the education of Africa...
Church and surrounding buildings with trees and river in the background
Dwight Mission
Dwight Mission near Russellville (Pope County) was the first formal Protestant effort directed at the educatio...
El Dorado Female Institute
Beginning operations in the 1840s, the El Dorado Female Institute was the first institution of education for w...
Stone building with covered porch on grass
Eros School Building
The Eros School Building was constructed around 1935, probably by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a D...
Single-story stone building with covered entrance and sidewalk
Everton School
The Everton School at Everton (Boone County), located on the corner of Main and Hill streets, was built in 193...
Single-story building with stone walls covered porch and arched entrance on grass with walking path
Fair View School
The Fair View School at 2367 Mill Creek Road in Russellville (Pope County) is a single-story, T-shaped buildin...
Group photo of black men women and children in formal attire outside multistory wood frame building
Fargo Agricultural School
Before the state of Arkansas made public funds available for segregated schools for black children, Floyd Brow...
Group of white children and teachers standing outside single-story school house
Fishback School
Fishback School was established in 1885 as Washington County School District 68. At that time, the school was ...
Side view of brick building with covered porch on grass
Griffithville School
Griffithville School was a one-story, brick-veneered building constructed in 1939 with assistance from the Wor...
Single story brick building with gable roof three concrete stairs leading to entry with two separate doors
Harvey C. Couch Historic School
Harvey C. Couch (1877–1941), born and raised in Calhoun (Columbia County), became one of Arkansas’s pionee...
"D. A. R. aids school for mountain girls" newspaper clipping
Helen Dunlap School for Mountain Girls
aka: Helen Dunlap Memorial School for Mountain Girls
The Helen Dunlap School for Mountain Girls, later known as the Hele...