Admiral Farragut Academy, established in 1933, is a private, college-prep school 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. Farragut also serves North Pinellas County, which includes the communities of Clearwater, Belleair, and Palm Harbor.
Admiral Farragut Academy | |
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501 Park Street North , (Pinellas) , 33710 United States | |
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School type | Private, Private School boarding school, and day school |
Motto | Success is Never Accidental |
Established | 1933 |
President | Kevin Lockerbie |
Faculty | approx. 100 |
Grades | Lower school: Kindergarten–7 Upper school: 8–12 Boarding school: 8–12 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Number of students | approx. 500 |
Student to teacher ratio | 17∶1 |
Campus | 35 acres (140,000 m2) |
Color(s) | Blue Yellow |
Mascot | BlueJacket |
Website | https://farragut.org/ |
Last updated: February 16, 2019 |
Founded in 1933 on the banks of the Toms River in Pine Beach, New Jersey, Admiral Farragut Academy was a college prep school named after Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, the first American naval officer to rise to that rank.[1] Over Farragut's first 12 years, the school became so popular that a second campus was purchased in 1945 on the shores of Boca Ciega Bay in St. Petersburg, Florida. Since then, the school has undergone many changes, such as accepting day students, becoming co-ed, and adding an elementary school.
The school's New Jersey campus in Pine Beach closed at the end of the 1994 school year after financial difficulties.[2]
Two of the 12 men who walked on the Moon graduated from Admiral Farragut:
Other notable alumni:
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.
Symbolically, only one of the heavy wood catboats, resting last week on the shore by Admiral Farragut Academy's dock, was ready to be launched on the cedar-stained waters of the Toms River, where the prep school's cadets have, since 1933, learned to sail.... Farragut's students, 120 boys and 20 girls in Grades 5-12, who wear naval- style uniforms and salute their superiors, were told at 7:30 a.m. Monday that on June 4, their school would close forever
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