Starfleet Academy (Earth)
Ex astris scientia (Latin for "From the stars, knowledge").– Starfleet Academy motto

The Starfleet Academy on the planet Earth was the main campus of Starfleet Academy located in San Francisco, California. ()

History
The Academy existed as early as the 2140s. It was originally used as a training ground for United Earth Starfleet personnel. Ensign Patricia F. O'Malley graduated the Academy in 2149. ()

In 2161, the Academy was incorporated into the Federation as the training grounds for the Federation Starfleet. ()

The grounds of Starfleet Academy were across the Golden Gate Bridge from the central hub of Starfleet itself, Starfleet Headquarters. ()

The Academy facilities in San Francisco featured parade grounds where drills took place. A large elm tree with a circular bench was located close to those grounds. Both Simon Tarses and Jean-Luc Picard liked to sit at this place, watch and study. ()

Cadets at the Academy were allowed at least limited permission to go off campus. For example, both Benjamin Sisko and Nog regularly traveled from San Francisco to New Orleans for dinner at Joseph Sisko's restaurant early in their first year at the Academy. (; )

Many Federation Starfleet officers, including Nog, Benjamin Sisko, Wesley Crusher, and James T. Kirk, went to the Earth campus. Boothby was the groundskeeper throughout most of the 24th century. (; ; ; )

Starfleet Academy's Earth campus was depicted on several viewscreens on Deep Space 9's Promenade and Replimat. ()

After United Earth separated from the Federation in 3089, Earth no longer hosted Starfleet Academy. Nevertheless, the Academy grounds were preserved intact. Several  crew members visited the former Academy in 3189, where they found a tree that had existed there since the 23rd century. ()

Notable alumni

Prime reality
 Joshua Albert
 Lyndsay Ballard
 Marta Batanides
 Daniel Byrd
 Chakotay
 Pavel Chekov
 Wesley Crusher
 Marla Finn
 Finnegan
 
 Jean Hajar
 Mitena Haro
 Calvin Hudson
 Sito Jaxa
 Harry Kim
 James T. Kirk
 Nicholas Locarno
 Laporin
 James Mooney MacAllister
 Patricia F. O'Malley
 Adam Martoni
 R.M. Merrick
 Nog
 Jean-Luc Picard
 Walter Pierce
 Peter Preston
 Nikolai Rozhenko
 Saavik
 Bruno Salvatore
 Montgomery Scott
 Riley Aldrin Shepard
 Benjamin Sisko
 
 Spock
 Hikaru Sulu
 B'Elanna Torres
 Nyota Uhura
 Worf
 Anaanda Ziff
 Cortan Zweller

Alternate reality
 
 Froman
 Fugeman
 
 Hannity

Background information 
The 24th century Academy grounds were filmed at the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys, California (the Starfleet Headquarters scenes were also filmed here). Matte paintings by Illusion Arts were added for the larger buildings.

It is unknown if all Starfleet officers graduated there, but  did mention Starfleet training in  and "STC" in .

As there were never any earlier or later mentions to Starfleet Academy in , the diploma would appear to be a mistake on the part of the art department, especially since it was the intention of the producers that Starfleet Academy did not exist until the founding of the Federation.

de:Akademie der Sternenflotte (Erde)
Earth schools
 
Locations (alternate reality)