List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Contents

This is a list of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.

In 2020 the primary and secondary schools of the archdiocese had about 30,000 students and numbered 112.[1]

Elementary-Age 22 schools

  • Cardinal Cushing School (Hanover)
  • Saint Coletta Day School (Braintree)

PK-12 schools

SchoolLocationReligious orderFounded
Academy of Notre DameTyngsboroSisters of Notre Dame de Namur1854
Lowell Catholic SchoolLowellXaverian Brothers1989

5-12 schools

SchoolLocationReligious orderFounded
Newton Country Day SchoolNewtonSociety of the Sacred Heart1880

6-12 schools

SchoolLocationReligious orderFounded
Austin Preparatory SchoolReadingOrder of Saint Augustine1961
St. John's Preparatory SchoolDanversXaverian Brothers1907
St. Mary's High SchoolLynn1881

7-12 schools

SchoolLocationReligious orderFounded
Archbishop Williams High SchoolBraintreeSisters of Charity of Nazareth1949
Boston College High SchoolDorchesterSociety of Jesus1863
Cathedral High SchoolBostonSisters of St. Joseph1926
Catholic Memorial SchoolWest RoxburyCongregation of Christian Brothers1957
Notre Dame AcademyHinghamSisters of Notre Dame de Namur1853
Saint Sebastian's SchoolNeedham1941
Ursuline AcademyDedhamUrsuline Sisters1819
Xaverian Brothers High SchoolWestwoodXaverian Brothers1963

High schools

SchoolLocationReligious orderFounded
Arlington Catholic High SchoolArlingtonSisters of St. Joseph1960
Bishop Fenwick High SchoolPeabodySisters of Notre Dame de Namur1958
Cardinal Spellman High SchoolBrocktonSisters of St. Joseph1958
Central Catholic High SchoolLawrenceMarist Brothers1935
Cristo Rey Boston High SchoolDorchester2010
Fontbonne AcademyMiltonSisters of St. Joseph1954
Malden Catholic High SchoolMaldenXaverian Brothers1968
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High SchoolLawrenceSisters of Notre Dame de Namur2004

In 2020 Sacred Heart Schools announced that its high school division would close.[2]

PK-9 schools

  • Saint Agnes School (Arlington)

PK-8 schools

With former high school divisions:

SchoolLocationReligious orderFounded
Sacred Heart SchoolsKingstonCongregation of Divine Providence1947

Other:

  • Academy of Notre Dame (Tyngsboro)
  • Blessed Sacrament School (Walpole)
  • Cheverus Catholic School (Malden)
  • East Boston Central Catholic School (East Boston, Boston)
  • Holy Name Parish School (West Roxbury)
  • Immaculate Conception School (Lowell)
  • Immaculate Conception School (Marlborough)
  • Immaculate Conception School (Newburyport)
  • Immaculate Conception School (Revere)
  • Lawrence Catholic Academy (Lawrence)
  • Our Lady of the Assumption School (Lynnfield)
  • Our Lady's Academy (Waltham)
  • Quincy Catholic Academy (Quincy)
  • Sacred Heart Elementary School (Weymouth) - It is in Weymouth Landing. Merging in 2020 with St. Francis Xavier in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
  • Sacred Heart School (Roslindale)
  • Sacred Hearts School (Bradford)
  • Saint Agatha School (Milton)
  • Saint Anthony School (Everett)
  • Saint Augustine School (Andover)
  • Saint Bridget School (Abington)
  • Saint Bridget School (Framingham)
  • Saint Catherine of Siena School (Norwood)
  • Saint Charles Elementary School (Woburn)
  • Saint Columbkille Partnership School (Brighton)
  • Saint Francis Xavier School (Weymouth) - It is in the south of the city. Merging in 2020 with Sacred Heart in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
  • Saint John School (Boston)
  • Saint John the Baptist School (Peabody)
  • Saint John the Evangelist School (Canton)
  • Saint Joseph Elementary School (Holbrook)
  • Saint Joseph School (Medford)
  • Saint Joseph School (Wakefield)
  • Saint Mary of the Annunciation School (Melrose)
  • Saint Mary of the Annunciation School (Danvers)
  • Saint Mary of the Assumption Elementary School (Brookline)
  • Saint Mary of the Hills School (Milton)
  • Saint Michael Elementary School (Lowell)
  • Saint Michael School (Andover)
  • Saint Monica School (Methuen)
  • Saint Patrick School (Stoneham)
  • Saint Patrick School (Roxbury)
  • Saint Patrick School & Educational Center (Lowell)
  • Saint Paul School (Hingham)
  • Saint Peter School (Cambridge)
  • Saint Pius V Elementary School (Lynn)
  • Saint Raphael Parish School (Medford)
  • Saint Rose of Lima School (Chelsea)
  • Saint Theresa Catholic School (Somerville) - Originally its name was St. Catherine of Genoa School[3]
  • St. John Paul II Catholic Academy (Dorchester) - Includes the Columbia, Lower Mills, and Neponset campuses.
  • Ste Jeanne d'Arc School (Lowell)
  • The Saints Academy (Beverly)
  • Trinity Catholic Academy (Brockton) - Includes the Lower Campus and the Upper Campus

3-8 schools

4-8 schools

  • Mother Caroline Academy (Dorchester)
  • Nativity Preparatory School (Jamaica Plain)

5-8 schools

  • Bellesini Academy (Lawrence)

6-8 schools

  • Monsignor Haddad Middle School (Needham)

PK-6 schools

  • Jackson Walnut Park Schools (Newton), includes Walnut Park Montessori
  • Mount Alvernia Academy (Newton)
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Grammar School (Roxbury)
  • Saint Benedict Elementary School (South Natick)
  • Saint Brendan School (Dorchester)
  • Saint John the Evangelist School (Wellesley Hills)
  • Saint Theresa of Avila School (West Roxbury)
  • South Boston Catholic Academy (South Boston)

1-6 schools

  • Sacred Heart Elementary School (Kingston)

PK-5 schools

  • Sacred Heart School (Lynn)[4] (formerly until grade 8[5])
  • Saint Joseph Elementary School (Needham)
  • Saint Mary's School (Winchester)

Preschool and Kindergarten

  • Good Shepherd Early Childhood (Charlestown)
  • Sacred Heart Early Childhood Center (Kingston)

Former schools

Former 6-12 schools

SchoolLocationReligious orderOpenedClosed
Saint Clement SchoolMedfordSisters of St. Joseph19252017[6]

Former high schools

SchoolLocationReligious orderOpenedClosed
Academy of the Assumption[7]Wellesley18931972
Blessed Sacrament High School[8]Jamaica PlainRedemptorists2004
Boys' Catholic High SchoolMaldenXaverian Brothers19361968
Cambridge Matignon SchoolCambridge19452023
Cardinal Cushing High SchoolSouth Boston
Cheverus High School[9]MaldenSisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods19081971
Christopher Columbus High SchoolBostonFranciscan Friars19451990
Don Bosco Technical High SchoolBostonSalesians of Don Bosco19461998
Elizabeth Seton AcademyBoston2003
Girls' Catholic High SchoolMalden1992
Holy Trinity High SchoolRoxbury1966
Hudson Catholic High SchoolHudson19592009
Keith Academy[10]LowellXaverian Brothers19261989
Keith Hall[10]LowellSisters of St. Joseph19261989
Marian High SchoolFraminghamSisters of St. Joseph19562018
Mission Church High School[11]Mission Hill19261992
Monsignor Ryan High School[12]South Boston2002
Mount Saint Joseph AcademyBostonSisters of St. Joseph18842012
Mount Alvernia High SchoolNewton19352023
Nazareth High SchoolSouth Boston
North Cambridge Catholic High SchoolCambridge19512010
Notre Dame AcademyRoxburySisters of Notre Dame de Namur18541954
Pope John XXIII High SchoolEverett19652019
Presentation of Mary AcademyMethuenSisters of the Presentation of Mary19582020
Our Lady of Nazareth AcademyWakefieldSisters of Charity of Nazareth19472009
Sacred Heart High School[13]East BostonSisters of Notre Dame1881~1970
St. Anne's SchoolArlington19281980
St. Augustine High School[14]South BostonSisters of Notre Dame de Namur1895
St. Bernard High SchoolNewton
St. Clare High School[15]Roslindale2002
St. Columbkille High School[16]Brighton19012006
St. John the Evangelist High SchoolCambridge19211951
Saint Joseph Preparatory High SchoolBrighton20122023
St. Joseph's High School for Boys[17]LowellMarist Brothers18921989
St. Joseph's School[15]Roxbury18542003
St. Louis Academy[18]LowellSisters of the Assumption19181989
St. Patrick High School[19]LowellSisters of Notre Dame18311989
St. Patrick High School[20]Roxbury18872020
St. Thomas Aquinas High School[21]Jamaica Plain19271975
Savio Preparatory High SchoolEast BostonSalesians of Don Bosco19582007
Trinity Catholic High SchoolNewton18942012

PK-8 schools (former)

  • Charlestown Catholic Elementary School (Charlestown) - The final remaining Catholic school in the neighborhood, it closed in 2003.[22]
  • Franco American School (Lowell) (private) - It was established on the Ayer Estate as an orphanage for French American children after the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate purchased the property in September 1908. Various extra facilities were added to the property. It was originally a boarding school only but hosted non-boarding children by the 1950s and then ended boarding in 1978. It closed in 2016.[23] Coalition for a Better Acre and TMI Property Management & Development together purchased the facility for $2.3 million in 2017. The building remained intact with about 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) for office purposes and the other space for apartments, with five constructed on a roof and the remaining 48 in the existing space.[24]
  • Saint Francis of Assisi School (Braintree) - Opened circa 1960 and closed by the archdiocese in 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A petition to the archdiocese to keep the school open gained over 2,000 signatures, but the decision was maintained.[25]
  • St. Catherine of Siena School (Charlestown) - Opened in 1911[26]
  • Saint Jerome Elementary School (Weymouth) - Opened in 1959 and was closed in 2020 by the archdiocese due to low enrollment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[27]
  • St. Joseph Elementary School (Roxbury) - Closed in 2003.[22][28]
  • Saint Louis School (Lowell) - Closed in 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[29]
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Grammar School (Jamaica Plain) was open from 1873 to 1973.[21]

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