St. Louis University High School
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4970 Oakland Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63110 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°37′41″N 90°16′01″W / 38.6281°N 90.2669°WCoordinates: 38°37′41″N 90°16′01″W / 38.6281°N 90.2669°W |
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| School type | Private secondary |
| Motto |
Religioni et Bonis Artibus Religion and the Fine Arts Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam For The Greater Glory of God Men for Others |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic, Jesuit |
| Established | 1818 |
| Founder | Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg (as St. Louis Academy) |
| President | David J. Laughlin |
| Principal | Craig Hannick |
| Teaching staff | 87 |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Gender | All Male |
| Enrollment | 1100 (2015) |
| Average class size | 21 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12:1 |
| Athletics conference | Metro Catholic Conference |
| Mascot | Jr. Billiken |
| Accreditation | ISSL, ISACS, NAIS, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average ACT scores | 30 |
| Publication | Sisyphus, SLUH Review, "Gadfly", SLUH News (for Parents & Alumni), President's Report (for Alumni) |
| Newspaper | The Prep News |
| Yearbook | The Dauphin |
| Tuition | $16,800 (2017-18) |
| Website | sluh.org |
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St. Louis University High School (SLUH), a Jesuit Catholic high school for boys founded in 1818, is the oldest secondary educational institution in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River, and one of the largest private high schools in Missouri. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis.
SLUH was founded in 1818 by the bishop of St. Louis, Bishop Dubourg, as a Latin school for boys known as St. Louis Academy. Classes were held in a one-story house owned by Madame Alvarez on the northwest corner of Third and Market Street. It quickly grew to include a college division, and the college was granted university status in 1832. The high school retained the identity of St. Louis Academy on the university campus until 1924 when it moved to its own facilities and incorporated separately under the name of St. Louis University High School. The school's new home, on Oakland Avenue, was a gift of Anna Backer in memory of her late husband and alumnus George Backer. That facility, also known as Backer Memorial, has grown considerably over the years and remains the school's home. SLUH remained in an urban setting while many other private high schools have followed demographic shifts to the western suburbs.
In 1984 Paul Owens became the school's first lay principal, and in 2005 David J. Laughlin was hired as the school's first lay president.
From 2013 to 2016, in each year, SLUH has been ranked as among the top-scoring organizations in the mid-size employer category of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's survey of Top Workplaces.
Since the school is part of the Jesuit network that consists of 61 high schools and 28 colleges and universities in the United States, SLUH provides an education infused with the tradition and philosophy of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Theology and philosophy classes are conducted daily.
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