Brophy College Preparatory
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4701 North Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona, (Maricopa County) 85012 United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°30′22.06″N 112°4′24.05″W / 33.5061278°N 112.0733472°WCoordinates: 33°30′22.06″N 112°4′24.05″W / 33.5061278°N 112.0733472°W |
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| Type | Private, all-male |
| Motto |
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the Greater Glory of God) |
| Established | 1928 |
| CEEB code | 030-265 |
| President | Adria E. Renke |
| Principal | Robert E. Ryan |
| Faculty | 124 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1286 (October 1, 2012) (2009-2010) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Mascot | Bronco |
| Accreditation | Western Catholic Education Association; North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average SAT scores | 606 (Math) 576 (Writing) 585 (Critical Reading) |
| Average ACT scores | 26.1 (English) 26.8 (Math) 26.4 (Reading) 25.4 (Science) |
| Publication | BLAM (Brophy Literary and Arts Magazine) & "The Science Journal of Brophy" |
| Newspaper | The Roundup |
| Yearbook | The Tower |
| Affiliation | Jesuit (Roman Catholic) |
| Website | brophyprep.org |
Brophy College Preparatory is a Jesuit high school in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The school has an all-male enrollment of approximately 1,200 students. It is operated independently of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix.
The school has three campuses: the main academic campus in north-central Phoenix at Central Avenue and Camelback Road, a retreat campus called Manresa near Sedona, and the new Brophy Sports Campus east of the academic campus in Phoenix and adjacent to the campus of Xavier College Preparatory. Brophy has no diocesan or government financial assistance.
Brophy College Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
The school was founded in 1928 by Mrs. Henry Brophy in memory of her late husband, as a Jesuit high school that included first year college courses. The Regis Hall building (renamed Frank C. Brophy Jr. Hall in 2006), the Jesuit residence, and the chapel were completed in 1928, and the school began operating that same year as a college and high school. The Great Depression caused a major financial strain, forcing it to close in 1935. Most of the male students who previously attended Brophy transferred to another local Catholic high school, St. Mary's, which had become an all-girls school once Brophy opened. The boys brought their athletic gear from Brophy with them to St. Mary's, causing St. Mary's to change its school colors from red and white to green and white, the previous Brophy colors.
In 1952, 17 years after its closing, Brophy College Preparatory reopened as a high school. It purchased used athletic equipment from Santa Clara University, whose colors were red and white, the old St. Mary's colors. This is also how they became the Brophy Broncos, adopting the Santa Clara mascot.
Brophy expanded its downtown Phoenix campus by adding Loyola Hall (1959), Robson Gymnasium (1967), Keating Hall, and the Steele Library (1986).
Brophy has raised capital through a major gifts campaign, which has funded the construction of the Information Commons (2001), the Eller Fine Arts Center (2003), the McCain Colonnade (2003), the Piper Center for Math and Science (2005), and the Harper Great Hall (2006). The Ethel and Kemper Marley Information Commons replaced the Steele Library as the information source on campus.
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