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JROTC Policy and Initiatives Have Been More Successful in Addressing Some Kinds of Representation Than Others

• JROTC has been more successful in addressing demographic representativeness than it has been in addressing geographic representativeness.
• Compared with public high schools overall, JROTC is well represented among public high schools with larger-than-average minority populations.
• In general, schools operating JROTC programs have higher-than-average representation for minority students and lower-than-average representation for white students.
• JROTC is strongly represented in schools serving economically disadvantaged populations.
• JROTC is underrepresented in about two-thirds of states and in rural areas.

Several Factors Affect a School's Ability to Start and Sustain a Unit

• Three of these factors in particular — school and community awareness, instructor availability, and selection and closure — can be shaped and directly addressed through changes to service policy.
• Many factors that influence JROTC program start-up and sustainability are likely outside the control of the services, and individual services face budget constraints that cap the total number of JROTC programs that can be operated and maintained.