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Holy Cross Academy

8874 Pardee Rd Saint Louis, MO 63123
Tel: (314) 842-2073
www.holycross-stl.org

Quick Facts (2026)

  • Top Ranked MO School
  • Grades: Prekindergarten-8
  • Enrollment: 546 students
  • Application Deadline: None / Rolling
  • Source: ✓Verified school update
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About the School

  • We, the educational community of Our Lady of Providence, embrace the mission of creating and sustaining a learning environment where: God is truly first; decisions are guided by gospel values; individual needs, talents, and contributions are respected; strategies for life-long learning are acquired; and growth is cherished and celebrated.
  • Our Lady of Providence School Community is dedicated to helping students develop and maintain the self-confidence and spirituality to meet the challenges of life.
  • We believe that our faith is inseparably intertwined with the diligent and thorough pursuit of academic excellence, enabling our students to solve problems, dream dreams, achieve success, and grow in wisdom and grace to reach their fullest potential.
  • We support parents as the first teachers and foremost catechists of their children.
  • As teachers, we amplify these lessons through word and example.
  • In addition, we challenge these same children to grow as self-teachers, life-long learners, and proclaimers of the gospel.
  • Indeed, we recognize that our entire parish community, in the generosity and witness of its members, is the wide classroom in which these lessons come to be learned.

Quick Facts (2026)

  • Top Ranked MO School
  • Grades: Prekindergarten-8
  • Enrollment: 546 students
  • Application Deadline: None / Rolling
  • Source: ✓Verified school update

School Rankings

Holy Cross Academy ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Missouri for:

Category
Attribute
Student Body
Largest student body

School Facts

School Membership(s)School Assoc.
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
Other school association(s)
Religious Affiliation
Catholic
Grades Offered
Grades Prekindergarten-8
Students By Grade

Distribution of Students By Grade

GradeHoly Cross Academy
Pre-K177
Kind40
135
240
351
445
532
651
753
822
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Year Founded
2012

Student Body

Total Students
546 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
% Students of Color
6%
State avg.: 21%

Academics & Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers
35 teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
16:1
National avg.: 11:1

Tuition & Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
Application URL
Online Application

School Notes

  • School Motto: We are Catholic. We are One. We are Holy Cross Academy.
Source: Verified school update
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