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, status = Currently operational , closed = , ceeb = 393370 , us_nces_school_id = , president = James L. Butler , chairperson = , rector = , director = , principal = James Fyke , headmaster = , head_label = , head = , chaplain = Anthony Janton , staff = , faculty = 100.9 , grades = 9– 12 , gender = All-male , enrollment = 1064 , enrollment_as_of = 2021-2022 , grade9 = 277 , grade10 = 261 , grade11 = 263 , grade12 = 263 , avg_class_size = , ratio = 10.5:1 , system = , campus = , campus size = , campus type = , colors = & , slogan = Enter to Learn. Leave to Serve. , song = , fightsong = , athletics = , conference = Philadelphia Catholic League
PIAA , sports = Basketball Baseball Football Volleyball Hockey Lacrosse
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for boys located in Wyndmoor, a community in Springfield Township, Montgomery County,

, United States, outside

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. The school is staffed by a

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faculty and the Christian Brothers. Its sports teams compete in the Philadelphia Catholic League and now also participate in the PIAA.

History

La Salle was founded in 1858 as St. Michael's School at Second and Jefferson Streets. It then became the Christian Brothers Academy. In 1863 it became the preparatory school to La Salle College (now

). The prep school and college shared the same campus up until the 1960s. In 1982 they formally became two separate institutions.

Notable alumni

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References

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