Xaverian High School is a private Catholic high school located in the

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neighborhood of

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, New York, serving grades 6 through 12. Grades 9-12 offer a college prep program and grades 6-8 are a middle school.

History

The school was founded in 1957 by the

Xaverian Brothers The Xaverian Brothers or Congregation of St. Francis Xavier are a Roman Catholic religious institute founded by Theodore James Ryken in Bruges, Belgium, in 1839 and named after Saint Francis Xavier. The institute is dedicated to education. Hist ...

. The school is a member of the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA). Xaverian is governed by a president and board of trustees. It is operated independently of the

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. As of October 2017 the school had a total student population of 1,045. 769 students identified as White/Caucasian, 149 as Hispanic/Latino, 68 as Black/African American, 41 as Asian/Pacific Islander, 2 as Native American/Alaskan Native, 1 as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and 15 as two or more races. On March 5, 2015, the board of trustees made a decision to incorporate co-education to the high school, beginning in 2016. The school's first boys and girls class has been admitted for the 2016–2017 school year. Xaverian High School also has a sister school located in

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called the Sint-Franciscus-Xaveriusinstituut and maintains a yearly cultural exchange program with the school allowing exchange students to come to New York City in the fall and Xaverian students to go to Belgium in the winter.

Notable alumni

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, professional MLB baseball player, 1989 *

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-winning actor, 1972 *

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for the

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. *

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), 1988 *

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'', 2011 * Charles L. English, Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovenia *

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, college basketball player, 2005 * Pedro Hernández, major league baseball player * Christopher Hoban, NYC police officer, killed in the line of duty *

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, major league baseball player * Chris Manno, retired

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, Latin music star * Sterley Stanley, member of the

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References

External links

Official site
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1957 Schools sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers Boys' schools in New York (state) Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Roman Catholic high schools in Brooklyn 1957 establishments in New York City