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A college-prep school with a military foundation, preparing students since 1933.
Admiral Farragut Academy, established in 1933, is a private, college-preparatory school with a military foundation, serving students in grades K–12. Farragut is located in St. Petersburg, Florida in Pinellas County and is surrounded by the communities of Treasure Island, Gulfport, Pasadena, Tierra Verde, and Seminole.
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Lore & Background
Admiral Farragut Academy was founded in 1933 on the banks of the Toms River in Pine Beach, New Jersey as a college prep school named after Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, the first American naval officer to rise to that rank. In 1945 the school established a second campus in St. Petersburg. The school's New Jersey campus closed at the end of the 1994 school year following years of financial struggles.
In Their Own Story
Two of the 12 men who walked on the Moon graduated from Admiral Farragut. Rear Admiral Alan Shepard, USN, was the first American in space and, in 1971, became the fifth person to walk on the Moon as part of the Apollo 14 mission. Shepard graduated in 1941 from the New Jersey campus. Brigadier General Charles Duke, USAF, was a 1953 graduate of the St. Petersburg campus and, in 1972, became the tenth person to walk on the Moon as part of the Apollo 16 mission. In the spring of 2006, NASA presented a Moon rock to General Duke, who then donated it to the school. It is displayed in a showcase in front of the quarterdeck at the entrance to the main building, Farragut Hall.
Reader's Guide
An integral part of an education at Admiral Farragut Academy is the required involvement in NJROTC. Every eighth-grade student in the Upper School takes one year of Naval Science–an in-depth study of the history, operation and core concepts of the United States Navy. Upper School students may join the NJROTC program and continue taking Naval Science courses. There are approximately 500 students in K–12th grade with a 3:1 ratio of boys to girls. There are 330 students in the Upper School and approximately 50% of the Upper School students are boarding students.
Did You Know?
- Admiral Farragut Academy was founded in 1933 on the banks of the Toms River in Pine Beach, New Jersey.
- Two of the 12 men who walked on the Moon graduated from Admiral Farragut: Alan Shepard (1941, New Jersey campus) and Charles Duke (1953, St. Petersburg campus).
- The school's New Jersey campus closed at the end of the 1994 school year following years of financial struggles.
- There are approximately 500 students in K–12th grade with a 3:1 ratio of boys to girls.
- In the spring of 2006, NASA presented a Moon rock to General Charles Duke, who then donated it to the school.