Southern Tier Catholic School (2026-27 Profile)

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Quick Facts (2026-27)

Grades: Kindergarten-12
Enrollment: 166 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

School Facts

Religious Affiliation

Catholic

Grades Offered

Grades Kindergarten-12

Students By Grade

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Distribution of Students By Grade
Grade	Southern Tier Catholic School
Kind	7
1	4
2	12
3	15
4	9
5	21
6	11
7	12
8	26
9	4
10	9
11	10
12	12
Ungraded	14

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Student Body

Total Students

166 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

15%

State avg.: 39%

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers

17 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

10:1

National avg.: 11:1

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
American Montessori Society (AMS)

Tuition & Financial Aid

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Admissions Director

Mary Beth Garvin

Application URL

Online Application

School Notes

Southern Tier Catholic School is a non-profit, Catholic Elementary School.
Located in downtown Olean, New York, Southern Tier Catholic provides instruction for pre-K through eighth grade.
STCS is committed to a Catholic tradition that teaches reverence, respect and responsibility.
Both our faculty and students have the highest standards of learning.
We do this by combining the New York State based curriculum along with the diocese of Buffalo standards of curriculum.
Southern Tier Catholic School incorporates a values-based, moral and ethical foundation beginning in Pre-K, which informs even the most modern of technologies.
STCS teachers focus on the joy of learning and emphasize a commitment to academic standards of excellence, to the best of each students ability.

Southern Tier Catholic School is a non-profit, Catholic Elementary School.
Located in downtown Olean, New York, Southern Tier Catholic provides instruction for pre-K through eighth grade.
STCS is committed to a Catholic tradition that teaches reverence, respect and responsibility.
Both our faculty and students have the highest standards of learning.
We do this by combining the New York State based curriculum along with the diocese of Buffalo standards of curriculum.
Southern Tier Catholic School incorporates a values-based, moral and ethical foundation beginning in Pre-K, which informs even the most modern of technologies.
STCS teachers focus on the joy of learning and emphasize a commitment to academic standards of excellence, to the best of each students ability.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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