Cadet Info/Basic Facts

What are the Student enrollment eligibility requirements?

• Be enrolled in and attending a regular course of instruction in a grade 9 through 12 at the school hosting the unit.

• Be physically qualified to participate fully in the physical education program of the host school.

• Be selected by the NJROTC instructor with the approval of the school principal or his/her representative.

• Maintain acceptable standards of academic achievement and an academic standing that warrants at least normal progression leading to graduation.

• Maintain acceptable standards of conduct.

• Comply with specified personal grooming standards. Common sense and good judgment apply to the attainment of these standards. Standards will not be relaxed so as to reflect disgrace on the naval service.

• Under the secondary school open enrollment policy and when desired by the principal of the host school, students in grades 9-12 who are otherwise ineligible for regular NJROTC enrollment may enroll as special NJROTC cadets. Special NJROTC cadets may participate in school approved NJROTC activities, be called naval cadets, wear the uniform, participate as cadet officers, and go on field trips and orientation visits to military installations. Special NJROTC students may not, however, be counted with that number required to maintain an NJROTC unit. Any special equipment or additional staff that may be needed to instruct special NJROTC students is provided by the school.

• 568 NJROTC Units as of 1 October 2022.

• Number of students in NJROTC, School Year 08-09 = 75,059; 41% female, 59% male.

• Approximately 40% of all NJROTC program graduates enter military service.

• Approximately 58% of all NJROTC graduates continue to post-secondary education (including ROTC programs and military academies).

• Minority participation is 56%; 27% African American, 23% Hispanic, 3% Asian American/Pacific Islander, 1% Native American/Alaskan Native, 2% Other.