History: Founded in 1889

Colonel A.F. Fleet raises enough local money to open a new school in Mexico, Missouri, becoming the first president of Missouri Military Academy

 

 

Campus: 288 acres; virtual tour, schedule a visit

 

Endowment: $42 Million

 

Alumni: 4,992

 

2018-19 Enrollment: 193

 

Average class size: 14 cadets, with many classes having less than 10 students

Program of studies: 4x4 block schedule requires cadets to take 4 courses each semester, enabling cadets to take 8 courses every school year

Academic focus: A supervised mandatory study hall is held every evening, Sunday through Thursday, from 7:45 p.m. to
9:00 p.m.

 

Extracurricular activities: Varsity, junior varsity and middle school athletics, plus Scouts, a nationally recognized rifle team, drill team, chess club, Raiders team, fishing club, bicycle club, horseback riding, photography, student government and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). 

 

Boarding School $38,000

Day School $9,300

 

Travel: MMA is approximately 2 hours from the city of St. Louis, MO; 2.5 hours from Kansas City, MO; and 45 minutes from Columbia, MO, home of the University of Missouri. All three of these communities offer airports for easy access to the Missouri Military Academy campus. Click here for local accommodations.