Pulaski Academy

Pulaski Academy (PA) is a private, independent college preparatory, preschool, elementary, and junior/senior high school headed by Matthew Walsh in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. PA was established in 1971 and remains as the only independent, non-sectarian, college preparatory school in Arkansas.

History

When busing was introduced in the early 1970s to counteract the effects of racially defined residential patterns, whites built private schools in the suburbs or fled the county altogether. In 1971, insurance and real estate man William F. Rector announced the construction of the private Pulaski Academy in the western suburbs of the city for those, he said, who "don’t like busing.”

Since this time, Pulaski Academy has been dedicated to providing an excellent college preparatory educational experience for the cultural and racially diverse student population. Embracing all religions and races, Pulaski Academy has 22% diversity as opposed to the national average of 19% among private schools.