St Thomas More High School

2601 East Morgan Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53207-0532
Tel: (414)481-8370
Grades: 9 - 12 | 455 students
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Our mission at Saint Thomas More High School is to love, educate, and serve young people in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Saint Thomas More educates students in a safe, caring, college preparatory environment, emphasizing Catholic faith and morals, and academic excellence and innovation. Providing a family-like atmosphere, Saint Thomas More nurtures the whole person: spiritual, ethical, intellectual, emotional, and physical, preparing young people to become living signs of Christ's love to the world.

School Overview:
St Thomas More High School
School Membership(s) National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
Other religious school association(s)
Religious Affiliation Roman Catholic
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
Student Body
Total Students 455 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 41% (WI School Avg.: 25%)
Students by Grade
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 31 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 15:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)
Average Class Size 22 students
Number of AP Courses 5 courses
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline None / Rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost $7,950
Admissions Director Maria-Isabel Delgado
Admissions Associate Cynthia Salisbury
Sports
Total Sports Offered 13 sports
Sports
Baseball Basketball
Bowling Cross Country
Football Golf
Soccer Softball
Swimming Tennis
Track and Field Volleyball
Wrestling
Extracurriculars
Total Extracurriculars 29 extracurriculars
Extracurriculars
Academic Decathlon Ambassadors
Art Club Big Buddies
Chess Team Dance Planning Committee
Drama Club Faith Can Cure Cancer
Forensics Green Club
Intramural Sports Key Club
LSO MORE Spirit Club
Music Ministry National Honor Society
Native Circle Peer Tutors
Pep Band/ Drumline Pom Pons
Robotics Science Club
Stage Crew Student Council
TM Ambassadors Technology Honor Society
Theatre Tri-M Music Honor Society
Utopian

School Notes:

  • Enrollment: 439 students in 2009-2010 (46% female, 54% male).
  • Faculty: 35 faculty members. All of our faculty members have secondary education degrees, nearly half have master's degrees.
  • Student/Teacher Ratio: 15:1
  • Average Class Size: 22 students
  • Percentage of Graduates Attending College: 98%. Our 2010 graduates earned $2.3 million in college scholarships.
  • 5 Year Average ACT Score: 22.8 (compared with 22.2 (sate of WI) and 21 (nationally)
  • Campus: 16-acre campus which includes football/soccer field, baseball and softball diamonds, tennis courts, track and adjacent parking lots.
  • Class Schedule: Traditional schedule with eight class periods daily. School begins at 7:43 a.m. and ends at 2:46 p.m.
  • History: Saint Thomas More was formed in 1972 through the merger of Don Bosco and Pio Nono, all-boys' high schools. The west building originally housed the St. Francis Minor Seminary. In 1989, TM became co-ed.

Nearby Schools:

St Thomas More High School
Gr. 9-12 | 0 mi. away
St. Francis KinderCare
Gr. Nursery School-PK | 1.4 mi. away
St Thomas Aquinas Academy
Gr. K-9 | 1.6 mi. away
St. Thomas Aquinas Academy
Gr. PK-8 | 1.6 mi. away
St Lucas Evangelical Lutheran School
Gr. K-9 | 1.7 mi. away
St Pauls Lutheran School
Gr. PK-8 | 1.7 mi. away

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