Saint Francis High School (Mountain View)
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1885 Miramonte Avenue Mountain View, California 94040 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°22′10″N 122°5′7″W / 37.36944°N 122.08528°WCoordinates: 37°22′10″N 122°5′7″W / 37.36944°N 122.08528°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic (Brothers of Holy Cross) |
| Patron saint(s) | Saint Francis of Assisi |
| Established | 1955 |
| Authority | Congregation of Holy Cross (Southwest Province) |
| Oversight | Diocese of San Jose |
| CEEB code | 052-077 |
| President | Simon Chiu |
| Principal | Patricia Tennant |
| Teaching staff | 100.6 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 1768 (2015-16) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.2 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) |
Brown Gold White |
| Athletics conference |
CIF Central Coast Section (West Catholic Athletic League) |
| Mascot | Lancer |
| Nickname | Lancers |
| Rival | Bellarmine College Preparatory |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Average SAT scores | 1809 (2015) |
| Average ACT scores | 26.7 (2015) |
| Publication | Mindframes (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | The Lancer |
| Yearbook | Poverello |
| Tuition | $16,700 (2015-2016) |
| Website | http://www.sfhs.com |
Saint Francis High School, founded in 1954 by the Brothers of Holy Cross, is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory secondary school located in Mountain View, California, United States. The Brothers of Holy Cross serve both on the faculty and on the Board of Directors. The school is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California.
The Brothers of Holy Cross opened Saint Francis High School as an all-boys school in September 1955. The original teaching facility was a small frame building, renovated from a grammar school and named Grant Hall after Harry Grant, the first student to enroll. Other buildings included a former residence, Andre House, and some peripheral structures. The grounds were largely orchards. Four Brothers comprised the first-year faculty. The first principal was Brother Donatus Schmitz. He was soon replaced by Brother Fisher Iwasko, who remained several years and is considered the principal founder.
Soon afterwards, the Brothers of Holy Cross invested $210,000 of their own funds and $225,000 of borrowed funds to build Holy Cross Hall. The building contained eight classrooms, three science laboratories, and administrative offices, and was completed in December 1956.
In 1959, Raskob Memorial Gymnasium was built on land donated by Ira and Elise Higgins. By 1962, the student body had grown to 685. In 1972, Saint Francis merged with Holy Cross High School, necessitating additional facilities.
The graduation requirements include coursework in English, mathematics, social studies, science, foreign language, visual performing arts, physical education, and theology. With its emphasis on college preparation, Saint Francis also provides an honors and Advanced Placement program. In May 2015, the average AP scores for the 559 sophomores, juniors and seniors who took 1196 AP exams reflected that 90% scored 3 or higher and 41% scored 5.
In 2015, 99.7% of graduates attended college, and 97% of graduates attended four-year institutions throughout the United States and abroad, both public and private, including the University of California system, the Big Ten, the Big East, the Ivy League, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), the NESCAC, and the United States military academies. The class of 2015 also included 149 members of the National Honor Society, 102 lifetime members of the California Scholarship Federation, and 19 students named National Merit finalists, more students than any other Catholic high school in California for the third year in a row.
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