St. John XXIII College Preparatory located in Katy, a suburb of Houston, Texas, was founded in 2004 as Pope John XXIII High School. With the canonization of Pope John XXIII in 2014, the school changed its name to St. John XXIII College Preparatory. St. John XXIII College Preparatory is a competitive coeducational college preparatory school of 450 students from Houston`s far west side which includes Katy, Sugar Land, Cypress, Spring, Richmond, Rosenberg, Memorial, and Spring Branch areas.
St. John XXIII employs 45 teaching faculty with 50 percent holding Master degrees or greater.
On average, each graduating class of ~ 120 student receive more than $5 million in scholarships, accumulate more than 9,700 service hours, with a 100 percent college placement rate.
St. John XXIII College Preparatory is accredited by Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops Education Department (TCCB-ED) and AvancEd .
In 2001, a group of community leaders joined forces with
Monsignor Joe H. Crosthwait and Monsignor Ed Randall and took a
giant leap of faith. Soon, they were joined by others who believed
in the leadership team and its purpose and vision for the future.
Pope John XXIII High School opened in 2004, the first new Catholic
high school in the Houston area in more than 40 years a refreshing
new model of hope for the future of Catholic secondary education.
With the canonization of Pope John XXIII in April 2014, the school
changed its name to St. John XXIII College Preparatory.
Our mission is to prepare the hearts and minds of our students
to serve God and others.
Vision Statement: St. John XXIII College Preparatory
develops and inspires students in mind, body, spirit, and
imagination through Catholic education. We prepare young men and
women for life's challenges, to live lives of integrity, and to
understand the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Philosophy: As a Catholic college preparatory, we are
dedicated to the mission of the Catholic Church to share the
teachings of Jesus Christ.
Decades ago private schools could have been accused of being elitist. You had to have money to attend. The student populations were fairly homogeneous. Fortunately that has changed.
