Nathanael Greene Academy was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy. Its original campus of five acres (2.0 ha) and three buildings was purchased from the town of Siloam for $100 and subsequently valued for tax purposes at $24,000. In its first year of operations it had no black students or teachers.[2]
Student body
In 2018, the school had 3 Black, and no Asian or Hispanic students.[1] Surrounding Greene County has a population that is about 40% Black.[3] For the 2018–19 school year, the student body included a low percentage of minority students.[4]