The campus was located at 6808 Jefferson Paige Road on the west side of Shreveport where the main classroom, library and administrative building was substantially completed in 1970; a detached cafeteria was erected soon after immediately behind the main building.
Ground was broken for the gymnasium in the spring of 1972 and it was completed prior to the beginning of classes that fall; it housed a new cafeteria along with boys and girls dressing and locker rooms, coaches' offices and other athletic and physical education facilities, the old cafeteria was converted into a science and biology laboratory.
Falcon Field was completed in the fall of 1974 in time for FA to host its first home football game.
Friendship Academy students competed in literary rallies, speech tournaments and debates across the state.
FA won the designation as "President" school at the 74-75 LISA (Louisiana Independent School Association) Student Council Convention giving FA the honor of hosting the 75-76 statewide Council Convention March 27–29, 1976; The school was also represented at The Louisiana Regional and National Science Fair under the guidance of teacher Hal Meekins.