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Year Founded

1905

School Calendar

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Student Body

Total Students

109 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

State avg.: 27%

Academics & Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers

12 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

9:1

National avg.: 11:1

Tuition & Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Application URL

Online Application

School Notes

Saint Benedict is an elementary school presenting the three-fold mission of the Church.
To witness the message of Jesus To build a community with Jesus Christ at the center To serve God's people through love, support, and prayer The school strives through its curriculum to enable the students to become holistic individuals through a quality education with instruction in the truths and values of the Catholic Faith.
Celebrating our common Faith we begin each day with prayer, participate in religion classes and attend Mass regularly.
We also aim to develop in our students a strong, positive appreciation of gentleness and sensitivity.
Recognizing that parents are the primary educators of their children, we stand ready to work together to strengthen Christian attitudes, so that what we teach in School will be nurtured in the home.
The Goals of Saint Benedict School are To assist parents in the development of a strong Catholic Faith for their children, To maintain high academic standards while integrating Gospel values, To provide a Catholic environment which will allow for academic excellence according to each individual's potential, To offer a low student to teacher ratio, To keep parents well informed with frequent parent-teacher communications, To keep tuition to a minimal cost to parents.

School Motto: Education is our goal.

Saint Benedict is an elementary school presenting the three-fold mission of the Church.
To witness the message of Jesus To build a community with Jesus Christ at the center To serve God's people through love, support, and prayer The school strives through its curriculum to enable the students to become holistic individuals through a quality education with instruction in the truths and values of the Catholic Faith.
Celebrating our common Faith we begin each day with prayer, participate in religion classes and attend Mass regularly.
We also aim to develop in our students a strong, positive appreciation of gentleness and sensitivity.
Recognizing that parents are the primary educators of their children, we stand ready to work together to strengthen Christian attitudes, so that what we teach in School will be nurtured in the home.
The Goals of Saint Benedict School are To assist parents in the development of a strong Catholic Faith for their children, To maintain high academic standards while integrating Gospel values, To provide a Catholic environment which will allow for academic excellence according to each individual's potential, To offer a low student to teacher ratio, To keep parents well informed with frequent parent-teacher communications, To keep tuition to a minimal cost to parents.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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