List of defunct military academies in the United States explained

This is a list of military academies in the United States that are now defunct. Some of these schools have been absorbed into other organizations, or continued under changed name.^[1]

A

• Abingdon Male Academy (VA)
• Admiral Billard Naval Academy (CT)
• Admiral Farragut Academy (NJ)
• Advance Military Academy (AR)
• Aiken Military Academy (SC)
• Alabama Military Institute (AL)
• Alabama Military & Scientific Institute (AL)
• Alachua Military Institute (FL)
• Alamo Military Academy (TX)
• Albany Military Academy (NY)
• Albemarle Military Institute (VA)
• Alexander Institute (AR)
• Alexander Military Institute (NY)
• Allen Military Academy (TX)
• Allen Military School (MA)
• Amarillo Military Academy (TX)
• American Classical and Military Lyceum (PA)
• American Literary Scientific and Military Academy (VT)
• American Military Academy (CA)
• Ames Military School
• Anchorage Classical and Military Academy (KY)
• Anderson Military Academy (CA)
• Arizona Military Academy (AZ)
• Arkansas Military Academy (AR)
• Arkansas Military Institute (AR)
• Army & Navy Preparatory School (MD)
• Arrow Rock Military Academy (MO)
• Arsenal Academy (SC)
• Asheville Military Academy (MA)
• Ashfield Military Academy (AR)
• Astoria Military Academy (NY)
• Atlanta Air Academy (NH)
• Auburn Military Academy
• Augusta Military Academy (VA)
• Austin Military Academy (TX)
• Austin Normal Military School (TX)

B

• Bailey Military Institute (SC)
• Barbour Hall Junior Military Academy (MI)
• Bard Hall (NY)
• Barnard Military School (NY)
• Bastrop Military Institute (TX)
• Baylor School (TN)
• Bealey Military Academy (OR)
• Beaumont Military Academy (OR)
• Belmont Military Academy (CA)
• Benedictine Military Institute (GA)
• Bethel Military Academy (VA)
• Betts Military Academy (CT)
• Bingham Military School (NC)
• Bingham's Military School (MD)
• Bishop Military Academy (TX)
• Bishop Quarter Junior Military Academy (IL)
• Bishop Scott Military Academy (OR)
• Black-Foxe Military Institute (CA)
• Blackstone Military Academy (VA)
• Blakely Military Institute (GA)
• Blees Military Academy (MO)
• Bolles School of Florida (FL)
• Bordentown Military Institute (NJ)
• Bowden Collegiate & Military Institute (GA)
• Brandon State Military Institute (MS)
• Branham and Hughes Military Academy (TN)
• Breck Military School
• Brennan's Military Academy (TN)
• Brentwood Military Academy (CA)
• Brentwood Military Academy (OH)
• Briarley Hall Military Academy (MD)
• Bridgeport Commercial & Military Academy (CT)
• Brier Patch Military School
• Brook Military Academy (OH)
• Brown Military Academy (CA)
• Brown Military Academy (CT)
• Brown Military Academy of the Ozarks (AR)
• Brownsville Military Academy (TN)
• The Bullis School (MD)
• Bunker Hill Military Academy (IL)
• Burbank Military Academy (CA)
• Burlington Military Academy/College (NJ)
• Burnside Military School (VT)

C

• Calvary Military Academy (NY)
• Camden Point Military Institute (MO)
• Cape Fear Military Academy (NC)
• Captain James D. Cobb's Military School (VA)
• Cardinal Farley Military Academy (NY)
• Carlin Military Academy (CA)
• Carlisle Military Institute (TX)
• Carlisle Military School (SC)
• Carolina Military Academy (NC)
• Carolina Military Institute (NC)
• Carolina Military-Naval Academy (NC)
• Carson Military and Naval Institute (MI)
• Carson Long Military Institute (PA)
• Castle Heights Military Academy (TN)
• Caswell Academy (NY)
• Catawba Military Academy (NC)
• Catawba Military Academy (SC)
• Cayuga Lake Military Academy (NY)
• Chaddock Boys School (IL)
• Chamberlain Military Institute (NY)
• Charlotte Hall Military Academy (MD)
• Charlotte Military Institute (NC)
• Chapultepec Military Academy (TX)
• Chauncey Hall School (MA)
• Cheltenham Military Academy (PA)
• Cheshire Military Academy (CT)
• Chester Military Academy
• Cheviot Hills Military Academy (CA)
• Christian Brother College Military High School (MO)
• Church Military School (MD)
• Churchill's Military Academy (NY)
• Clason Point Military Academy (NY)
• Clinton Liberal Institute & Military Academy (NY)
• Coe Military Academy (IL)
• Collegiate Institute (NC)
• Colonel Edgar's Military Academy (KY)
• Colorado Military School (CO)
• Columbia Military Academy (TN)
• Connecticut Military Academy (CT)
• Cook Academy (NY)
• Coral Gables Military Academy (FL)
• Cornado Military Academy (CA)
• Corpus Christi Military Academy (TX)
• Cromwell Military Academy (CA)
• Crossed Rifles Military Academy
• Croton Military Institute (NY)

D

• Danforth Military Academy (WI)
• Danville Classical & Military Institute (KY)
• Danville Military Institute (VA)
• DeBerry Military Academy (TN)
• Delaware Military Academy (DE) The current Delaware Military Academy was established in 2003.
• De La Salle Military Academy (MO)
• Davis Military Academy (CA)
• Davis Military School (NC)
• De La Salle Military Academy (MO)
• Del Monte Military Academy (CA)
• De Meritte Military Academy (NJ)
• De Veaux School (NY)
• De Vitte Military Academy (NJ)
• Donaldson Military School (NC)
• Dr. Holbrook's Military School (NY)

E

• Eagleswood Military Academy (NJ)
• East Florida Seminary (FL)
• Eastern Military Academy (NY)
• Eastern Military Academy (CT)
• Edgar Military School (AL)
• Edgehill Military School (NJ)
• Edwards Military Institute (NC)
• El Paso Military Institute (TX)
• Elberton Military Academy (GA)
• Elm City Military Institute (CT)
• Elsinore Naval & Military School (CA)
• Endymion Military School (NY)
• Episcopal Military Institute (KS)
• Epworth Military Academy (IA)
• Etowah Military Institute (GA)
• Everest Military Academy (CT)

F

• Fayetteville Literary, Scientific and Military School (NC)
• Fayetteville Military Academy (NC)
• Ferrell Military School (KY)
• Ferrell's Military Institute (LA)
• Fitzgerald and Clark School (TN)
• Fleetwood Academy (VA)
• Florida Collegiate & Military Institute (FL)
• Florida Military Academy (FL)
• Florida Military Institute (FL)
• Florida Military School & College (FL)
• Florida Naval Academy (FL)
• Forest Military Academy (KY)
• Forest Military School (TX)
• Fort Worth Military Academy (TX)
• Francis Military Academy (NJ)
• Franklin Military Institute (VA)
• Franklin Military School (NC)
• Frederick Military Academy (VA)
• Free Military School (PA)
• Freehold Military School (NJ)
• French Camp Military Academy (MS)

G

• Garden Military Academy (TX)
• General McArthur Military Academy (NJ)
• General Pan tops Academy (AL)
• Georgia Military Academy (GA)
• Georgia Military Institute (GA)
• Georgia Southern Military College (GA)
• Gideon s Military Academy (TX)
• Gibson F. Hill's Military Academy (AL)
• Glen Turner Military School (CA)
• Glenlivet Male Collegiate & Military Institute (AL)
• Golden State Military Academy (CA)
• Golden West Military Academy (CA)
• Gordon Military College (GA)
• Goss Military Institute (NM)
• Grand Prairie Seminary (IL)
• Green Gate Military School (UNK)
• Green ville Military Academy (MS)
• Greenville Military Institute (SC)
• Greenbrier Military School (WV)
• Gulf Coast Military Academy (MS)
• Gymnasium and Military Institute (NH)

H

• Haggett Military Academy (KY)
• Hampton Military Academy (VA)
• Hanson's Military Academy (IL)
• Harding Military Academy (CA)
• Harding Military School (TX)
• Harker Academy (CA) (Now, The Harker School)
• Harris Military Institute (VA)
• Harrisburg Military Academy (PA)
• Harvard Military Academy (TX)
• Harvard Military School (CA)
• Henderson Military & Female Institute (NC)
• Highland Park Military Academy (MA)
• Highland Military Academy (MA)
• Hill Military Academy (OR)
• Hillsboro Military Academy
• Hillsborough Military Academy (NC)
• Hinfield Academy (VA)
• Hitchcock Military Academy (CA)
• Hoge Memorial Military Academy (VA)
• Hogsett Military Academy (KY)
• Hollywood Military Academy (CA)
• Hollywood Military Academy (CA)
• Honolulu Military Academy (HI)
• Hoover Military Academy (VA)
• Horner Military School (NC)
• Howe Military Academy (IN)^[2]
• Hudson River Military Academy (NY)
• Huntsville Military Academy (AL)
• Hurt Military School (AL)

I

• Illinois Military School (IL)
• Ingles Military High School (GA)
• Inter-American Military Academy (FL)
• Irving Military Academy (IL)
• Isaac Shelby County Military Academy (KY)

J

• Jackson Military Academy & School of Fine Arts (MO)
• Jarvis Military Academy (CT)
• Jarvis Hall Military Academy (CO)
• Jefferson Military College (MS)
• Jefferson Military School (GA)
• John F. Kennedy Military School
• John Holbrook's Military School (DC)
• Jones Military School (NC)
• Jordan Hall Military School (VT)
• Junior Military Academy (TN)
• Junior Military Academy (IL)

K

• Kamehameha Military School (HI)
• Kanawha Military Institute (WV)
• Kansas Military Academy (KS)
• Kearney Military Academy (NE)
• Kelley Military Academy (KS)
• Kemper Military School & Junior College (MO)
• Kentucky Military Institute (KY)
• Kenyon Military Academy (OH)
• King's Mountain Military School (SC)
• Kinston Military Institute (NC)
• Kirkwood Military Academy (MO)
• Kyle Military Institute (NY)

L

• La Fayette Military Academy (GA)
• La Monte Military Academy (CA)
• Lagrange College & Military Academy (AL)
• Lagrange Military Academy (AL)
• La Grange Military Academy (TN)
• La Salle Military Academy (NY)
• Le Mans Academy (IN)
• Lancaster Military Academy (TX)
• Latah Military Academy (WA)
• Lawrenceburg Military Academy (TN)
• Lee Military Academy (VA)
• Lenoir County Military School (NC)
• Linsly Military Institute (WV)
• Linton Hall Military School (VA)
• Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (NJ)
• Livingston Military Academy (AL)
• Lodwick Aviation Military Academy (FL)
• Long Beach Military Academy (CA)
• Los Angeles Military Academy (CA)
• Los Ceritos Military Academy (CA)
• Louisiana Military Academy (LA)
• Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy (LA)
• Louisville Military Academy (KY)
• Lovejoy Military Academy (NC)
• Lowery-Phillips School (TX)
• Lukin Military Academy (TX)
• Lynnland Military Institute (KY)

M

• Macon Military Academy (MO)
• Madison Military Academy (CT)
• The Manlius School (NY)
• Mantua Classical & Military Academy (PA)
• Marcell Military Academy (CA)
• Marengo Military Institute (AL)
• Marmaduke Military Academy (MO)
• Marmion Military Academy (IL)
• Maryland Agricultural College (later University of Maryland at College Park) (MD)
• Maryland Military and Naval Academy (MD)
• Marymount Military Academy (WA)
• Massey Military School (TN)
• McCallie School (TN)
• McDonogh School (MD)
• McMinn Military Academy (TN)
• Media Milicademy for Young Boys (PA)
• Meridian Military School & College (MS)
• Miami Military Academy (FL)
• Miami Military Institute (OH)
• Michigan Military Academy (MI)
• Midwest Junior Military School (IL)
• Midwest Military Academy (IL)
• Millard Preparatory School for West Point (DC)
• Millard School (OR)
• Miller School of Albemarle (VA)
• Millersburg Military Institute (KY)
• Mississippi Military Academy (MS)
• Missouri Literary, Scientific & Military Academy (MO)
• Mitchell Military Boys School (MA)
• Mobile Military Institute (AL)
• Mohegan Military Academy (NY)
• Mohican Military Academy (NY)
• Montclair Military Academy (NJ)
• Montrose Military Academy (NJ)
• Morgan Park Military Academy (IL)
• Mt. Beacon Military Academy (NY)
• Mt. Lowe Military Academy (CA)
• Mt. Pleasant Military Academy (NY)
• Mount Saint Joseph Semi-Military Academy (NY)
• Mount Sterling Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (KY)
• Mount Tamalpais Military Academy (CA)
• Mt. Vernon Military Academy (IL)
• Mountville Military Institute (GA)
• Moye Military School (TX)
• Murphreesboro Military Academy (TN)

N

• Nashville Military Academy (TN)
• National Scientific and Military Academy (DE)
• Nazareth Hall Military Academy (PA)
• Nazareth Hall Military School (OH)
• Nebraska Military Academy (NE)
• New Bern Military Academy (NC)
• New England Military Academy (MA)
• New Hampshire Military Academy (NH)
• New Jersey Military Academy (NJ)
• New Jersey Naval Academy (NJ)
• New Orleans Military Academy (LA)
• Newport News Military Academy (VA)
• Newton Hall Military Academy (NJ)
• North Carolina Military Academy (NC)
• North Carolina Military Institute (NC)
• North Granville Military Academy (NY)
• North Shore Military Academy (IL)
• North Valley Military Institute (CA)^[3]
• Northern Missouri Academy (MO)
• Northridge Military Academy (CA)
• Northwestern Military Academy (IL)

O

• Oak Hill Military Academy (NC)
• Oakland Military Academy (CA)
• Oakland Military Academy (NJ)
• Ogden Military Academy (UT)
• Ohio Military College (OH)
• Ohio Military Institute (OH)
• Oklahoma Air Academy (OK)
• Oklahoma Military Academy (OK)
• Old Dominion Military Academy (VA)
• Old Point Comfort Military School (VA)
• Onarga Military School (IL)
• Oneonta Military Academy (CA)
• Orange Military Academy (NJ)
• Oregon Military Academy (OR)

P

• Pacific Maritime Academy (HI)
• Pacific Military Academy (CA)
• Page Military School (CA)
• Palm Beach Military Academy (FL)
• Palo Alto Military Academy (CA)
• Park Military Academy (CA)
• Park Ridge Military Academy (IL)
• Partridge Military Academy (CT)
• Paterson Military Academy (NJ)
• Patrick Military Institute (SC)
• Peacock Military Academy (TX)
• Pecks Military Academy (CT)
• Peekskill Military Academy (NY)
• Pennsylvania Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (PA)
• Pennsylvania Military Academy (PA)
• Pennsylvania Military College (PA)
• Pennsylvania Military Institute (PA)
• Pershing Military Institute (CA)
• Petersburg Military Academy (VA)
• Phelps Military Academy (UNK)
• Philadelphia Military Academy (PA)
• Pillsbury Military Academy (MN)
• Pine Forest Military Academy (NY)
• Pine Ridge Military Academy (NJ)
• Ponca Military Academy (OK)
• Porter Military Academy (SC)
• Poughkeepsie Military Institute (NY)
• Puget Sound Naval Academy (aka Hill Naval Academy) (WA)
• Pullman Military Academy (WA)
• Putnam Military Academy (OH)

Q

• Quincy Military Academy (FL)

R

• Racine Military School (WI)
• Raenford Military School (CA)
• Raleigh Military Academy (NC)
• Ramsey Military School (CA)
• Rappahannock Academy & Military Institute (VA)
• Redondo Military Academy (CA)
• Rhodes Military Institute (NC)
• Rice Creek Spring Military Academy (SC)
• Richmond County Military Academy (GA)
• Ridgewood Military Academy (CA)
• Ringgold Military Academy (VA)
• Riverview Military Academy (NY)
• Rock River Military Academy (IL)
• Rockingham Military Institute (VA)
• Rockland Military Academy (NH)
• Roosevelt Military Academy (IL)
• Roosevelt Military Academy (NJ)
• Rugby Military Academy (KY)
• Rugby Military Academy (LA)
• Rugby Military Academy (NY)
• Russell Military Academy (CT)
• Rumford Academy (VA)
• Rutherfordton Military Institute
• Rutland Military School (VT)

S

• Sackett Harbor Military Academy (NY)
• Sacred Heart Military Academy (IN)
• Sacred Heart Military Academy (NY)
• St. Aloyisius Military Academy (OH)
• St. Austin's Military School (NY)
• St. Charles Military College (MO)
• St. Edwards Military Academy (TX)
• St. Emma Military Academy (VA)
• St. James Military Academy (MO)
• St. James Military Academy (MN)
• St. John's Academy (VA)
• St. John's Academy (CA)
• St. John's Military School (KS)
• St. John's Military Academy (WI)
• St. John's Military School (NY)
• St. Joseph College & Military Academy (KS)
• St. Joseph's Jr Military Academy (PA)
• St. Joseph's Military Academy (CA)
• St. Louis Military Academy (MO)
• St. Matthews Military Academy (CA)
• St. Matthew's Hall Military School
• St. Norbert Military College (WI)
• St. Patrick's Military Academy (NY)
• St. Paul Military Academy (VA)
• Salem Military Academy (KY)
• Salisbury Military School (NC)
• St. Joseph's Jr Military Academy (PA)
• San Diego Military Academy (CA)
• San Rafael Military Academy (CA)
• Sanford Naval Academy (FL)
• Schatlock Hall Military Academy (MN)
• Schreiner Institute (TX)
• Scientific and Military Collegiate Institute (PA)
• Seale Military Academy (CA)
• Selleck Overlook Military Academy (CT)
• Selma Military Institute (AL)
• Sepulveda Military Academy (CA)
• Sewanee Military Academy (TN)
• Shattuck Military School (MN)
• Shelby Military Institute (TN)
• Sierra Military Academy (CA)
• Silver Lake Military & Naval School (NY)
• Sing Sing Military Academy (NY)
• South Carolina Military Academy (SC)
• South Florida Military Academy (FL)
• South Florida Military and Educational Institute (FL)
• South Norwalk Military Institute (CT)
• Southern California Military Academy (CA)
• Southern Military Academy (GA)
• Southern Military Institute (VA)
• Southwestern Military Academy (CA)
• Southwestern Military Academy (AZ)
• Spears-Langfod Military Academy (AR)
• Springside Military Institute (MA)
• Stamford Military Academy (CT)
• Stamford Military Academy (NY)
• Starr's Military Academy (NY)
• Staunton Military Academy (VA)
• Stella Niagara Cadet School (NY)
• Stonehurst Military and Naval Academy (CA)
• Suffield Military Academy (CT)
• Suffolk Military Academy (VA)
• Sumter Military Academy (SC)
• Sweetwater Military College (TN)

T

• Talladega Military Academy (AL)
• Tampa Military Academy (FL)
• Taylor Military School (AL)
• Tennessee Military Institute (TN)
• Texas Military College (TX)
• Texas Monument & Military Institute (TX)
• Torrance Military Academy (CA)
• Trinity Military Institute (NY)
• Tupelo Military Institute (MS)
• Tugalo Institute (GA)

U

• Unity Scientific & Military Academy (NH)
• University Military Academy (MO)
• University Military School (AL)
• University Military School (TX)
• Urban Military Academy (CA)

V

• Verner Military Institute (AL)
• Vireum Military Academy (NY)
• Virginia Literary, Scientific, & Military Academy (VA)

W

• Warren County Military Institute (KY)
• Webster Military Institute (VA)
• Welch Military Academy (MO)
• Wenonah Military Academy (NJ)^[4]
• Wentworth Military Academy (MO)
• West Alabama Institute (AL)
• West Coast Military Academy (CA)
• West Florida Seminary (FL)
• West Lake Military Academy (CA)
• Westchester Military Academy (TX)
• Western Military Academy (IL)
• Western Military Institute (KY & TN)
• Western Springs Military Academy
• Westover Military Academy (VA)
• Weymans Military School (MO)
• Williams Military Academy (IL)
• Williamsburg Military Academy (VA)
• Wilmington Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (DE)
• Wilson Military Academy (NJ)
• Worthington Military Academy (NE)
• Worrall Hall Military Academy (NY)
• Wright's Military Academy (AL)
• Wyler Military School (FL)
• Wytheville Military Academy (VA)

Y

• Yonkers Military Institute (NY)

See also

• United States service academies
• U.S. military staff colleges

References

1. For a brief history see Marcus Cunliffe, Soldiers & Civilians: The Martial Spirit in America, 1775-1865 (1968) pp 75–81 online.
2. Web site: 2019-07-10 . Howe Military Academy's closure ends 135 years of classes . 2024-09-14 . AP News . en.
3. Web site: Seshadri . Mallika . North Valley Military Institute shuts down amid widespread controversy . 2024-09-14 . EdSource . en.
4. http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20061019/SPECIAL20/610190382/-1/special20