Saint Augustine High School (Laredo, Texas)
| St. Augustine High School | |
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| Address | |
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1300 Galveston Street Laredo, Texas, (Webb County) 78040 United States |
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| Coordinates | 27°30′44″N 99°29′00″W / 27.512111°N 99.483454°WCoordinates: 27°30′44″N 99°29′00″W / 27.512111°N 99.483454°W |
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| Type | Private School |
| Motto | "Excellence in Catholic Education" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1927 |
| Principal | Olga Gentry |
| Faculty | roughly 30 members |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Enrollment | 390+ (2012) |
| Average class size | Approximately 100/class |
| Student to teacher ratio | approximately 100/class and a student/ teacher ratio of 22:1 |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue & Silver |
| Athletics conference | TAPPS District 3-6A |
| Mascot | Knight |
| Accreditation | Texas Catholic Conference Education Department, with standards approved by the Texas Education Agency. |
| Average SAT scores | 1150 (Math & Reading) |
| Website | http://www.st-augustine.org |
Saint Augustine High School is a Catholic Diocesan co-educational private high school located in Laredo, Texas. Grades 8th through 12th grade are taught in a Christian environment. St. Augustine is the only Catholic high school in Laredo. There are approximately 390 students attending St. Augustine High School at the high school level.
St. Augustine was founded by the Oblates and the Sisters of Divine Providence in 1927. It was named in honor of Aurelius Augustinus (also known as Augustine of Hippo or Saint Augustine), one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. The original St. Augustine campus was located in downtown in San Agustin Historical District in Laredo, Texas. During the mid-1970s the school was relocated. Through 1999 the school was under the control of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi. In 2000 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo was established and the control of the school transferred to it. St. Augustine School is accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department.
There are 390 students enrolled with a class size of approximately 100/class and a student/ teacher ratio of 22:1; The Class of 2011 included 98 seniors, half of whom graduated “DAP”, as per the Distinguished Achievement Plan, the highest graduation plan, of the state of Texas. The grading scale is as follows- 90-100: A; 80-89: B; 70-79: C; 69- below: F (failing).
St. Augustine High School, a college preparatory institution, bases its curriculum on the State of Texas’ Distinguished Achievement Plan (DAP) with the following courses:
These courses collectively give every student at St. Augustine High School a total of 28 credits. Advancement Placement courses offered include Biology, Calculus, Environmental Science, English and World History.
Dual Credit Opportunities
Juniors and Seniors are given the opportunity to be concurrently enrolled at Laredo Community College or Texas A&M International University for dual credits of 12-24 college hours. With the college credit measure, over 50% of the Class of 2012 is projected to graduate DAP. In 2011, St. Augustine High School embarked upon the UT ChemBridge Program in which Seniors took CHEM 304&305 on-line as dual credit courses for 6 hours of college credit through the University of Texas at Austin. However, the school discontinued this program as of the 2013-2014 academic year. In 2012, the school partnered with Incarnate Word High School to offer Psychology online for dual credit.
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