Fishburne Military School
★ Founded 1879; all-boys military boarding school; 12:1 cadet-to-teacher ratio; a JROTC Honor Unit With Distinction for over 40 years; 13 sports with participation compulsory; deliberately capped enrolmentCheck accreditation yourself
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An all-boys military boarding school in Waynesboro, Virginia, founded in 1879 and deliberately small. A 12:1 cadet-to-teacher ratio, a JROTC Honor Unit With Distinction rating held for over 40 years, and compulsory sport. International tuition for 2026-27 is USD 45,000 plus fees, and the published English requirement is a TOEFL of 50.
- Tuition 2026-27 as published. International: USD 45,000 tuition, room and board, plus a USD 3,000 student service account, USD 2,700 uniforms in the first year only, a USD 250 athletic fee and a USD 250 technology fee. The registration deposit is USD 5,000 and is deducted from the total. Domestic boarding is USD 39,114 with a USD 1,800 service account and a USD 2,500 deposit, so the international rate runs about USD 7,100 higher once the service account is counted.
- The uniform charge of USD 2,700 falls in the first year only. Worth isolating when you compare a first-year quote here against a second-year one elsewhere, because it makes year one look dearer than the school actually is.
- The published English requirement is concrete where most schools are vague: a TOEFL of 50 minimum, or IELTS if available. A TOEFL of 50 is a genuinely accessible threshold, and it is one of the few numbers any school in this group puts in writing.
- The application asks for the online form, current school records, the photograph page of the passport, the English test result, and an interview with the student AND the family over Skype or a similar service. The family interview is a requirement, not a courtesy.
- Enrolment is capped on purpose, but the school's two pages disagree on the number: the home page says a maximum of 175 cadets, the about page says it has never exceeded 200. Either way this is a school of a couple of hundred boys, not a thousand.
- All thirteen sports carry compulsory participation. For a family weighing whether their son will actually take part in anything, that removes the question — and it is a structural difference from a school where sport is optional.
- The school reports a JROTC Honor Unit With Distinction rating held for more than 40 years, and 100% college acceptance among cadets who apply to college. Note the qualifier in that second figure: it is measured among those who apply, which the school states plainly.
The 2026-27 fee table, supplemental charges, deposits and the two payment discounts were read directly on fishburne.org on 17 September 2026 at /admissions/tuition. The TOEFL 50 requirement and the document list come from /admissions/international-students. The 1879 founding, the JROTC Honor Unit With Distinction rating and the phrase 'never exceeded 200 cadets' come from /about; the 12:1 ratio, the maximum of 175 and the 13 sports from the home page — THE SCHOOL'S OWN TWO PAGES DISAGREE ON ENROLMENT and this record gives both. NOT FOUND: the exact grade range, campus acreage, any academic accrediting body (the school cites US Army accreditation of its JROTC programme only), application deadlines, and any English-language support programme. The '100% college acceptance' figure is measured among cadets who apply. Tuition changes from year to year.
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Fishburne Military School sits in the Upper-mid tuition band. Tuition and scholarships change every year and by program, so VNIS provides the exact up-to-date figures for the program you choose during consultation. There is no published scholarship table. What the school does publish are two payment discounts that behave like one: USD 2,000 off boarding for paying in a single instalment, or USD 1,000 off for paying on matriculation day (USD 750 and USD 500 respectively for day students). For a family able to pay up front these are worth more than most small merit awards, and they are not means-tested. Ask whether they apply to the international rate, because the tuition page lists them under the domestic tables..
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Where is Fishburne Military School located?
Fishburne Military School is located in Waynesboro, Virginia, United States, a private boarding school.
What are the tuition and scholarships at Fishburne Military School?
Tuition sits in the "Upper-mid" band. Tuition and scholarships change every year and by program, so VNIS provides the exact up-to-date figures for your chosen program during consultation. There is no published scholarship table. What the school does publish are two payment discounts that behave like one: USD 2,000 off boarding for paying in a single instalment, or USD 1,000 off for paying on matriculation day (USD 750 and USD 500 respectively for day students). For a family able to pay up front these are worth more than most small merit awards, and they are not means-tested. Ask whether they apply to the international rate, because the tuition page lists them under the domestic tables..
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