The Best Military Boarding Schools

St. John's Military School

• St. John's was recognized by BusinessWeek magazine and GreatSchools.net for its educational quality, making it a good option among other institutions of its kind. The school was founded by an Episcopal Bishop in 1887 and maintains adherence to Episcopal values and traditions to this day. St. John's emphasizes a structured living environment and focuses on developing leadership skills alongside normal academic instruction.

Army and Navy Academy

• The Army and Navy Academy, an all-boys secondary school in Carlsbad, California, has a ten-to-one student-to-teacher ratio and stresses its mentoring and leadership programs. The Leadership Education Training program encourages leadership and good citizen skills. Extracurricular activities in the arts as well as a range of varsity sports is also part of the educational experience. According to the school's website, 90 percent of graduates go on to attend college.

Valley Forge Academy

• Valley Forge Academy is an all-male military boarding school for grades 7 through 12. It is located in Wayne, Pennsylvania on a 100-acre campus. One attractive feature of Valley Forge Academy is its recent expansion, which provided an additional 10 classrooms, 4 seminar rooms, 4 science labs, 18 offices, a military museum and extra barracks and living quarters. The school has a five-point philosophy that stresses character building, academics, personal motivation, leadership, and physical development.

Oak Ridge Military Academy

• Oak Ridge is unique in that this boarding school has both male and female students. It's housed on a 100-acre campus in North Carolina, and bases its pedagogy on curiosity, humility, and respect for others. The school is academically rigorous and seeks to develop personal and intellectual skills in its students that will prepare them for college or university. Cadets are required to adhere to a stringent honor code alongside their academic discipline.