First Assembly Christian school (FACS) is a

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. FACS was founded as First Assembly of God Christian School in 1972 to preserve white-only school in response to a federal court order requiring integrated schools. The school was initially located on Highland Street in Memphis before moving to Walnut Grove in Cordova.

History

According to the historian Marcus Pohlmann, FACS was established in 1972 as part of a wave of private schools formed by white parents seeking to avoid sending their children to racially integrated public schools.

Demographics

For the 2021-2022 school year, the school had 512 students in grade PK-12, of whom 6 were American Indian/Alaska Natives, 9 were Asian, 105 were Black, 38 were Hispanic, 297 were White, and 26 were of two or more races.

References

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