Rockhurst High School
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| Address | |
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9301 State Line Road Kansas City, Missouri, (Jackson County) 64114 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°57′37″N 94°36′21″W / 38.960389°N 94.605969°WCoordinates: 38°57′37″N 94°36′21″W / 38.960389°N 94.605969°W |
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| Type | Private, all-male |
| Motto |
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the Greater Glory of God) |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic, Jesuit |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Established | 1910 |
| Founder | Rev. Michael P. Dowling, S.J. |
| CEEB code | 261685 |
| President | Fr. Terrence Baum, SJ |
| Faculty | 85 total |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,013 (2015-2016) |
| Average class size | ~240 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12:1 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and white |
| Fight song | "Hail Blue and White" |
| Team name | Hawklets |
| Accreditation | Higher Learning Commission |
| Average SAT scores | Critical Reading: 620 Math: 620 Writing: 613 |
| Average ACT scores | 27 |
| Publication | The Rock Collection (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | The Prep News |
| Yearbook | The Quarry |
| Endowment | $4.5 million |
| Tuition | ~$13,500 |
| Website | rockhursths.edu |
Rockhurst High School is a private, Roman Catholic, Jesuit, all-boys, preparatory school founded in 1910 along with Rockhurst College, in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It moved away from the College in 1962 to the border between the Kansas City suburbs in Missouri and in Kansas.
Rockhurst is accredited by the North Central Education Association and is a member of the North Central Education Association of Independent College Preparatory Schools, the Jesuit Secondary Education Association, and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (and its regional affiliates).
In 1908, Rev. Michael P. Dowling, S.J., selected the site for a Jesuit school at 52nd and Troost Street in Kansas City. The name "Rockhurst" was chosen because large rocks found on the grounds resembled those at the Jesuit Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, England. Rockhurst was established by the Society of Jesus and chartered by the State of Missouri as part of Rockhurst College in August 1910. Classes began in the fall of 1914. In 1917, Luke J. Bryne Jr became the first graduate of the school. It changed its name to "Rockhurst High School" in 1923. The high school shared a campus and corporate umbrella with the College until 1962, when it moved to the Greenlease Campus – named for its principal benefactor, Robert C. Greenlease.
In 2017 Fr. Terrence Baum, S.J., concluded 12 years as president of the high school. He had overseen a $41.3 million fund-raising campaign which allowed capital improvements including Loyola Center athletic complex, a dining commons, and interactive classrooms.
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