Hoban Dominican High School was one of seven all-female Catholic high school located in

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

. It was located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. The academic environment provided a 12 to 1 student to faculty ratio with an average of 23 students per class. 96% of Hoban Dominican students were Catholic and represented over 70 parishes.

Closing

Hoban Dominican was closed in 1971 by diocesan officials. Hoban Dominican's campus was sold to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District in 1973. The campus was then changed to Whitney M. Young Middle School in 1973. In 2007 it was renamed to Whitney M. Young School, then in 2009

Whitney M. Young High School Whitney M. Young School (formerly known as Whitney Young Gifted Education Campus, Whitney Young High School or Whitney M. Young Gifted & Talented Leadership Academy) is a selective-enrollment public school in Cleveland, in the U.S. state of Ohio, ...

. The original crosses that were on the building remain in place, except for the one on the school's chimney. With the closing of Hoban Dominican High School, St. Joseph Academy and Erieview Catholic became the only area Catholic high school in the city of Cleveland dedicated to the education of young women.

References

{{authority control Education in Cleveland High schools in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Defunct Catholic secondary schools in Ohio Educational institutions established in 1951 Educational institutions disestablished in 1971 Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland 1951 establishments in Ohio 1971 disestablishments in Ohio School buildings completed in 1951