List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

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

PK-12 schools

School Location Religious order Founded
Academy of Notre Dame Tyngsboro Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 1854
Lowell Catholic School Lowell Xaverian Brothers 1989

5-12 schools

School Location Religious order Founded
Newton Country Day School Newton Society of the Sacred Heart 1880

6-12 schools

School Location Religious order Founded
Austin Preparatory School Reading Order of Saint Augustine 1961
St. John's Preparatory School Danvers Xaverian Brothers 1907
St. Mary's High School Lynn 1881

7-12 schools

School Location Religious order Founded
Archbishop Williams High School Braintree Sisters of Charity of Nazareth 1949
Boston College High School Dorchester Society of Jesus 1863
Cathedral High School Boston Sisters of St. Joseph 1926
Catholic Memorial School West Roxbury Congregation of Christian Brothers 1957
Notre Dame Academy Hingham Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 1853
Saint Sebastian's School Needham 1941
Ursuline Academy Dedham Ursuline Sisters 1819
Xaverian Brothers High School Westwood Xaverian Brothers 1963

High schools

School Location Religious order Founded
Arlington Catholic High School Arlington Sisters of St. Joseph 1960
Bishop Fenwick High School Peabody Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 1958
Cardinal Spellman High School Brockton Sisters of St. Joseph 1958
Central Catholic High School Lawrence Marist Brothers 1935
Cristo Rey Boston High School Dorchester 2010
Fontbonne Academy Milton Sisters of St. Joseph 1954
Malden Catholic High School Malden Xaverian Brothers 1968
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School Lawrence Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 2004

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

PK-9 schools

PK-8 schools

With former high school divisions:

School Location Religious order Founded
Sacred Heart Schools Kingston Congregation of Divine Providence 1947

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

5-8 schools

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

Preschool and Kindergarten

Former schools

Former 6-12 schools

School Location Religious order Opened Closed
Saint Clement School Medford Sisters of St. Joseph 1925 2017[6]

Former high schools

School Location Religious order Opened Closed
Academy of the Assumption[7] Wellesley 1893 1972
Blessed Sacrament High School[8] Jamaica Plain Redemptorists 2004
Boys' Catholic High School Malden Xaverian Brothers 1936 1968
Cambridge Matignon School Cambridge 1945 2023
Cardinal Cushing High School South Boston
Cheverus High School[9] Malden Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 1908 1971
Christopher Columbus High School Boston Franciscan Friars 1945 1990
Don Bosco Technical High School Boston Salesians of Don Bosco 1946 1998
Elizabeth Seton Academy Boston 2003
Girls' Catholic High School Malden 1992
Holy Trinity High School Roxbury 1966
Hudson Catholic High School Hudson 1959 2009
Keith Academy[10] Lowell Xaverian Brothers 1926 1989
Keith Hall[10] Lowell Sisters of St. Joseph 1926 1989
Marian High School Framingham Sisters of St. Joseph 1956 2018
Mission Church High School[11] Mission Hill 1926 1992
Monsignor Ryan High School[12] South Boston 2002
Mount Saint Joseph Academy Boston Sisters of St. Joseph 1884 2012
Mount Alvernia High School Newton 1935 2023
Nazareth High School South Boston
North Cambridge Catholic High School Cambridge 1951 2010
Notre Dame Academy Roxbury Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 1854 1954
Pope John XXIII High School Everett 1965 2019
Presentation of Mary Academy Methuen Sisters of the Presentation of Mary 1958 2020
Our Lady of Nazareth Academy Wakefield Sisters of Charity of Nazareth 1947 2009
Sacred Heart High School[13] East Boston Sisters of Notre Dame 1881 ~1970
St. Anne's School Arlington 1928 1980
St. Augustine High School[14] South Boston Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 1895
St. Bernard High School Newton
St. Clare High School[15] Roslindale 2002
St. Columbkille High School[16] Brighton 1901 2006
St. John the Evangelist High School Cambridge 1921 1951
Saint Joseph Preparatory High School Brighton 2012 2023
St. Joseph's High School for Boys[17] Lowell Marist Brothers 1892 1989
St. Joseph's School[15] Roxbury 1854 2003
St. Louis Academy[18] Lowell Sisters of the Assumption 1918 1989
St. Patrick High School[19] Lowell Sisters of Notre Dame 1831 1989
St. Patrick High School[20] Roxbury 1887 2020
St. Thomas Aquinas High School[21] Jamaica Plain 1927 1975
Savio Preparatory High School East Boston Salesians of Don Bosco 1958 2007
Trinity Catholic High School Newton 1894 2012

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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