History

Marshall Academy was the first private school in the state of Mississippi to receive a charter. In 1965 this charter was granted as a "non-profit school association, known as Marshall County Educational Foundation, Inc.," with 23 families comprising the original membership in 1968. The Foundation began its first school year on September 3, 1968, with an enrollment of 150 students in grades one through eight. Temporary facilities were leased from the First

Baptist, First Methodist, and Christ Episcopal Churches in Holly Springs. While the Foundation was still in its stages of infancy, it assumed the name "Marshall Academy" and became an accredited private school. In 1969, grades ten through twelve were added, along with a kindergarten for preschool children.