Military academy

Develops leadership and team-building skills for strongly motivated students. The purpose is to instill goal-directed, success-oriented attitudes and behavior in our cadets.

Overview

Curriculum

The CPS Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Academies are unique four-year learning centers for strongly motivated students who wish to develop leadership and team-building skills. Students study in a small school environment of focused learning, guided by a team of mentor teachers and military teaching partners, and receive military training, as well as an Education To Careers curriculum. Each academy focuses on a specific branch of the military; some are schools-within-a-school in a general high school and others are school-wide academies.

Attendance boundaries

None.

Resources

View list of Military academy schools

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Enrollment requirements

Acceptance criteria

Selective enrollment application
Entrance exam - Eligibility to take the entrance examination is based on the student's 7th grade standardized test scores in reading and mathematics.

Requirements to sit for examination

A minimum stanine 5, in both reading and math, on the student's most recent nationally normed standardized test. English Language Learners or Special Education students with an existing IEP meet our minimum requirements for examination if they have a combined stanine of 10 in reading and math. All IEPs must be on file prior to the application deadline in order for students to receive testing accommodations. There are no retroactive accommodations.

Download application form

Parents can apply in the following ways:

Online at www.apply.cps.edu .
Download and print an application.
Pick up an application from any Selective Enrollment or Military Academy High School.
Request that an application be mailed from the Office of Academic Enhancement at (773) 553-2060.