Two of the 12 men who walked on the Moon graduated from Admiral Farragut:
Rear AdmiralAlan 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 GeneralCharles 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 Quarter-Deck at the entrance to the main building, Farragut Hall.
Other notable alumni:
William Colepaugh, who defected to the Nazis during World War II, and returned to spy for Germany against the United States.
Actor Lorenzo Lamas graduated in 1975 from the New Jersey campus.
Actor Casper Van Dien graduated from the St. Petersburg, FL campus and later performed in many films, of which Starship Troopers is the most notable.
Major Megan McClung, one of the first female students at the Academy in 1990 and the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War
Animator/Producer Andy Luckey attended from 1980-'81 at St. Petersburg but transferred before graduation.
Lieutenant General Sidney "Tom" Weinstein, ‘52N, was the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence during the 1980s. He is recognized as the principal architect of the modern service intelligence corps, and was the crucial player in its expansion and professionalization.
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.
Student body
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.
References
^"Admiral Farragut Academy History". Admiral Farragut Academy. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Note: much of the historical information is contained in the CSV module at the bottom of the page which is not renderable in the archived save
^Campbell, Douglas A. (8 May 1994). "Growing Deficit Finally Sinks Prep School In N.J. Admiral Farragut Academy Will Close In June. Cadets And Parents Are Crushed". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. 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
