Struggling Teens

Teen military schools are secondary school military academies or military prep schools, as opposed to higher education military academies or Federal Service Academies. To learn more about both private and public teen military schools, read on.

Teen Military School Basics

Teen military schools are college preparatory schools with high academic standards and leadership training in a military-style environment, and sometimes having a Junior ROTC program as well. Nearly all continue their education, with many going on to higher education and some graduates entering a branch of the military. Although the idea of the military school as a place to knock out of control teens into line still has a grip on many people’s imaginations, it has no counterpart in reality. Fixing teens’ attitudes and behavior is not what the military academies are about, and many explicitly state that only students that are ready to meet high academic and behavioral standards can be well-served.

Teen military schools may be private military schools or public schools. They may accept boys only - as they did when only men were in the military, which was the status quo when many of the teen military schools came into being - or be coeducational. All secondary military academies accept teens, but while some are high schools, others include a middle school, and one accepts students as young as fifth grade. Summer experiences - either academic, sports related, both, or some alternative - may also be offered. Most of the schools are boarding schools, some are day schools, and some have both boarding and day students. The private schools may have a religious affiliation that may play a more or less prominent role in their mission and vision, or they may be non-sectarian.

The Teen Military Schools

School Name	Population	Private/ Public	Grades	Location
Carson Long Military Institute	Boys	Private	6 - 12	New Bloomfield, PA
Fork Union Military Academy	Boys	Private	6 - 12	Fork Union, VA
Missouri Military Academy	Boys	Private	6 - 12	Mexico, MO
St. John's Military School	Boys	Private	6 - 12	Salina, KS
Army and Navy Academy	Boys	Private	7 - 12	Carlsbad, CA
Camden Military Academy	Boys	Private	7 - 12	Camden, SC
Chamberlain-Hunt Academy	Boys	Private	7 - 12	Port Gibson, MI
Fishburne Military School	Boys	Private	7 - 12	Waynesboro, VA
Hargrave Military Academy	Boys	Private	7 - 12	Chatham, VA
Riverside Military Academy	Boys	Private	7 - 12	Gainesville, GA
St. Thomas Academy	Boys	Private	7 - 12	Mendota Heights, MN
St. John's Northwestern Military Academy	Boys	Private	7 - 12	Delafield, WI
Valley Forge Military Academy	Boys	Private	7 - 12	Wayne, PA
Marine Military Academy	Boys	Private	8 - 12	Harlingen, TX
Howe Military School	Co-ed	Private	5 - 12	Howe, IN
Admiral Farragut Academy	Co-ed	Private	6 - 12	St. Petersburg, FL
Florida Air Academy	Co-ed	Private	6 - 12	Melbourne, FL
Lyman Ward Military Academy	Co-ed	Private	6 - 12	Camp Hill, AL
Randolph-Macon Academy	Co-ed	Private	6 - 12	Front Royal, VA
Massanutten Military Academy	Co-ed	Private	7 - 12	Woodstock, VA
New York Military Academy	Co-ed	Private	7 - 12	Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
Oak Ridge Military Academy	Co-ed	Private	7 - 12	Oak Ridge, NC
TMI -The Episcopal School of Texas	Co-ed	Private	8 - 12	San Antonio, TX
Culver Academies	Co-ed	Private	9 - 12	Culver, IN
New Mexico Military Institute	Co-ed	Private	9 - 12	Roswell, NM
Wentworth Military Academy & College	Co-ed	Private	9 - 12	Lexington, MO
Georgia Military College Prep School	Co-ed	Public	6 - 12	Milledgeville, GA
Marine Math and Science Academy  HS	Co-ed	Public	9 - 10	Chicago, IL
Bronzeville Scholastic Academy HS	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Chicago, IL
Chicago Military Academy  HS	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Chicago, IL
Cleveland Junior Naval Academy	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	St. Louis, MS
Delaware Military Academy	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Wilmington, DE
Forestville Military Academy	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Forestville, MD
Franklin Military Academy	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Richmond, VA
Kenosha Military Academy	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Kenosha, WI
Marine Academy of Science & Technology	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Sandy Hook, NJ
Bataan Military Academy	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Albuquerque, NM
GW Carver Military Academy  HS	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Chicago, IL
Philadelphia Military Academy	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Military Academy HS	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Chicago, IL
HG Rickover Naval Academy HS	Co-ed	Public	9 - 12	Chicago, IL

Notice that while four private teen military schools are in the state of Virginia, there are schools in the West, the Midwest, on the East Coast, and in the South. Also notice that while six public military schools are in the city of Chicago, Illinois, there are also schools in the East and the South.