[1] Camden Military Academy accepts male students in grades 7 through 12, also offering a post-graduate year.

Dual-credit college courses accredited to University of South Carolina Lancaster are also offered to juniors and seniors.

[citation needed] Many varsity athletics are offered to cadets, such as football, cross country, basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, wrestling, and track.

Other extracurricular activities that are popular are Boy Scouts of America, Civil Air Patrol, and the Blackjacks drill team.

[3] The Southern Aviation School was founded in 1940 by Woodward Field (Camden airport) to train pilots during World War II.

In 1974, Lanning Risher led Camden Military Academy through a reorganization as a non-profit, tax-exempt institution.