Woodside Priory School
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Founders Hall in May 2025
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| Location | |
| 302 Portola Road Portola Valley , California 94028-7897 United States 37°22′32″N 122°12′46″W / 37.37556°N 122.21278°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, day and boarding school |
| Motto | Ora Et Labora (Prayer and Work) |
| Religious affiliations | Roman Catholic; Benedictine |
| Patron saint | Saint Benedict |
| Established | 1957 |
| Founder | Father Egon Javor, OSB |
| Oversight | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco |
| Head of school | Patrick Ruff |
| Faculty | 57.8 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 375[1] (2020-21) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6.7[1] |
| Campus size | 51 acres (210,000 m2) |
| Campus type | Rural/suburban |
| Colors | Black and blue |
| Athletics conference | CCS - Central California Section |
| Mascot | Panthers |
| Team name | Panthers |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges[2] |
| Yearbook | Omnibus |
| Tuition | 2020-21 school year $51,250 (day) $76,450 (boarding) |
| Affiliation | Saint Anselm Abbey; Goffstown, NH |
| Website | www.prioryca.org |
Woodside Priory School (commonly known as The Priory) is an independent, co-educational, Benedictine Catholic, college-preparatory, day and boarding school in Portola Valley, California, United States. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco and is roughly equidistant from San Francisco to the north and San Jose to the south.
History
The Priory was founded in 1957 by a group of seven Hungarian Benedictine Monks from Saint Martin's Archabbey in Pannonhalma, Hungary. In 1974, the monks affiliated with Saint Anselm Abbey in Goffstown, New Hampshire.[3]
The school began on an 18-acre (73,000 m2) ranch and over the years has expanded significantly to the point that the campus now encompasses some 50 acres (200,000 m2).
Originally the school was made up entirely of male boarders, but over the years the ratio of boarders to day students changed, and today the boarding school accounts for a smaller percentage of the upper school student body. In the early 1990s, the school began admitting females to the day program; the first coed senior class graduated in 1995. There have been female boarders since 2004.
The Priory was granted a seven-year accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Western Catholic Education Association in June 2019.
Athletics
The Priory offers football, cross country, volleyball, tennis, water polo, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, swimming, track and field, and baseball.[4]
In March 2025, Priory's Boys Basketball team won the California Division IV Championship in Sacramento with a 83-66 victory over Fresno Christian School.[5]
The Priory basketball gym was prominently featured in Stephen Curry: Underrated a documentary about Stephen Curry.[6]
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 "WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL". Private School Universe Survey. National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on November 30, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- Back to citation WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- Back to citation Javor, Egon (2007). Beginnings: the founding of Woodside Priory. Internet Archive. Portola Valley, CA: Woodside Priory School. ISBN 978-0-9790849-1-1.
- Back to citation Vogel, Susan (1998). Private high schools of the San Francisco Bay Area. Internet Archive. San Francisco: Pince-Nez Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-9648757-7-7.
- Back to citation "Saturday Boys Basketball State Playoff Preview". californiapreps.rivals.com. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- Back to citation Wind, Harrison (October 4, 2021). "Inside Michael Porter Jr. and Steph Curry's summer workouts and Porter's burning desire to get better". thednvr.com. Retrieved August 30, 2024.