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Independent Catholic schools are Catholic primary, secondary schools or colleges that are not operated by a parish or religious order as well as own, fund, and operate themselves. Also included are such schools which seek to teach the Catholic faith but which, lacking approval of the local bishop , are not entitled to call themselves Catholic.
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Not all the schools listed are operated by the archdiocese. Some are operated by religious institutes such as the Jesuits or the Franciscans. There are five universities or colleges, and 51 high schools within the archdiocese. As of 2020, the archdiocese has the country's largest Catholic school network. [1]
Since 2000, 1,942 Catholic schools around the country have shut their doors, and enrollment has dropped by 621,583 students, to just over 2 million in 2012, according to the National Catholic Educational Association. Many Catholic schools are being squeezed out of the education market by financial issues and publicly funded charter schools. [13]
St. Raphael Catholic School (Garden City) - closed in 2016 [95] St. Sebastian Catholic School (Dearborn Heights) - established in the 1950s and closed in 2019 [101] Wyandotte Consolidated Catholic School - Formed in 1970 from the merger of St. Elizabeth, St. Joseph, and St. Patrick Schools. Closed in 2011 after a downturn in the economy.
Holy Cross Regional Catholic School (Collegeville) Established in 2012 by the merger of Sacred Heart and St. Eleanor. [2] Holy Rosary Regional Catholic School (Plymouth Meeting) Established in 2012 by the merger of Epiphany of Our Lord, Our Lady of Victory, and St. Titus. [2] Mary Mother of the Redeemer School (North Wales)
St. Agnes School - It was created in 1941, [28] and closed in 2015. [23] From the 2013-2014 school year to the 2014-2015 school year enrollment declined by 27%, the most severe of any Catholic school in the parish. [17] In 2014 it had 161 students, [23] and then in 2015 it had 125 students.
Jesuits have founded and/or managed a number of institutions, the first of which was Georgetown Preparatory School, established in 1789. The second oldest is St. Louis University High School, which was founded in 1818. Jesuit secondary schools in the U.S. include (listed by state):