St. Elizabeth High School is a

coeducation Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

Catholic high school Catholic schools are pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered under the aegis or in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest religious, non-governmental school syste ...

Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...

. It is part of the

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. It was founded in 1940 by James M. Grant. Originally, the school was staffed by sisters of the

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order. St. Elizabeth High School shares many facilities with the St. Elizabeth Elementary School and receives a good share of its high school enrollment from the elementary school graduates. The school colors are maroon and gold.

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* * Catholic secondary schools in Delaware High schools in New Castle County, Delaware Educational institutions established in 1940 Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington 1940 establishments in Delaware Schools in Wilmington, Delaware {{RC-stub