Oak Ridge Military Academy

Address: 2317 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, North Carolina, United States

Oak Ridge Military Academy is a military college prep school in North Carolina. The school is also known by its acronym: ORMA. The school is named after the town that it is located within. Oak Ridge is about 8 miles from Greensboro, NC.

ORMA was founded in 1852 as a finishing school for boys which makes it the third oldest military school in the United States that is still operated.

The school has served a number of different purposes throughout its history, but today the school is a private coeducational military boarding school intended as college prep. It has been that way since 1972. The Academy is divided into a middle and a high school and the Corps of Cadets is several companies.

Accredited by:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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