 A military style high school with boarding facilities, it serves as both a military high school and the preparatory school for potential officers of the Peruvian Armed Forces, who make up most of its alumni.On 18 January 1944, through Law 9890, the Academy was named after Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez, one of the Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific.On 15 July 1944 it was officially inaugurated and started to function.