St. Xavier High School (Louisville)
| Saint Xavier High School | |
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| Address | |
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1609 Poplar Level Road Louisville, KY 40217 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°13′8.4″N 85°43′31.8″W / 38.219000°N 85.725500°WCoordinates: 38°13′8.4″N 85°43′31.8″W / 38.219000°N 85.725500°W |
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| Type | Private, All-male, college preparatory |
| Motto | Numen Lumen ("Let God be our light.") |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic Xaverian Brothers |
| Established | 1864 |
| President | Perry E. Sangalli |
| Principal | Frank Espinosa |
| Faculty | 142 |
| Enrollment | 1,347 (2013–14) |
| Average class size | 20 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13:1 |
| Campus | Urban, 54 acres, 6 buildings |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Athletics | 10 KHSAA Sports 4 Club Sports Intramurals |
| Athletics conference | Kentucky High School Athletic Association |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Team name | St. Xavier Tigers |
| Rivals | Trinity |
| Website | www.saintx.com |
St. Xavier High School is an all-male, college preparatory Xaverian Brothers-sponsored school in Louisville, Kentucky. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville. St. Xavier was founded in 1864 by Br. Paul Van Gerwen, C.F.X. The school is located on Poplar Level Road. St. Xavier is the only school in Kentucky that has received the Blue Ribbon of Excellence Award four times, the most recent of which was awarded in 2016. St. Xavier is currently renovating the school grounds with Project X, an initiative to raise $28 million for new academic and athletic facilities. In total Project X raised $29.1 million for the school.
St. Xavier has the largest enrollment of boys among Kentucky high schools, and had been the only school in Kentucky to have won a state championship in every Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA)-sanctioned sport open to boys before the KHSAA began sponsoring coeducational championships in archery and bass fishing in the early 21st century.
St. Xavier has the most successful athletic program in Kentucky, having won 172 boys' state championships. In 2005, St. Xavier was ranked #14 in "Sports Illustrated" Best High School Athletic Programs. In the 2009 fall semester, Saint X won all four fall sports. This is an unprecedented feat, taking home championships in soccer, football, cross country and golf.
The annual football game with traditional local rival Trinity High School at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium is promoted by the schools as the most-attended annual regular-season high school football game in the country, typically drawing over 35,000 fans. The largest crowd was 38,500 and the 2007 edition of the game had an announced attendance of 37,550.
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