The Xavier Institute was one of the fictional schools situated at

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in the

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, published in

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s by

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. The school was originally opened as ''Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters'' by Professor Xavier and served as the home of the

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and

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. Students lived under pretence that they were students of Professor X to keep their

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nature a secret from the outside world. The school was eventually renamed as ''Xavier Institute for Higher Learning''. At one point of its history, ''Massachusetts Academy'' was reopened by

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and White Queen but as the branch of Xavier Institute to train

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. When the secrecy of mutant school became public, its student body and staff expanded tremendously. Most of these students were assigned into squads with an advisor, when

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and White Queen took over Xavier Institute. After the events of M-Day, squads were disbanded and later the school was closed. The school was reopened as ''Jean Grey School for Higher Learning'' under the leadership of

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and Shadowcat. Jean Grey School also received transferred students from New Charles Xavier School for Mutants after it was closed. The school was briefly relocated to Limbo for the protection from Terrigen Mist. Later it was moved back to the Earth, and renamed as ''Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach'' when

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took over the school." Notations: * This list documents the fictional members of student body and staff (excluding the residents or refugees of X-Mansion and unconfirmed members of student body/staff) with the overview of training squads. * A slash (/) between codenames, indicates the character having multiple names during their tenure at schools in chronological order. * Characters listed are set in the

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continuity except when noted.

Staff members

Student body

1963–1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Notes

References

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