St Joseph's School, Addis Ababa, is a

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primary and secondary school for boys, located near

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, in

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. Founded by the

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, more commonly known as the Lasallian Brothers, in 1959, the school continues to be operated by the Brothers who provide education to approximately 2,000 boys. Scholarships enable needy and deserving students to attend the school.

History

The school was founded in 1959 by the Lasallian Brothers and was staffed by American Brothers. Established for the wealthy and ruling class, after the revolution in the 1970s the school mainly caters to the children of civil servants and small traders.Aragay, D.W. (2011) ''Update from St. Joseph School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia''
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retrieved 20 June 2011. The school enrolls 1,600 boys, with classes between grades 1 and 12. Currently, the school is staffed almost entirely by lay teachers including the administration. There are around 40 students per class. With 3-4 classes per section, teachers see 120-160 students every day. St. Joseph School has a reputation for academic excellence and for its students having the best academic performances in the country. Top scorers on high school national examinations are often from St. Joseph. With its ambitious motto “High Expectations from All, High Standards for All” the school has maintained a 100 percent graduation rate and a 100 percent admission to prestigious national and international universities like Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Amherst College, and Williams College. This reputation places St. Joseph School in high demand The Lasallian Brothers conduct schools and colleges all over the world in eighty countries including five schools in Ethiopia: (

Dire Dawa Dire Dawa (; , meaning"where the Dir (clan), Dir hit his spear into the ground" or "The true Dir", , Harari language, Harari: ድሬዳዋ, lit. "Plain of Medicine"; ) is a city in eastern Ethiopia near the Somali Region and Oromia, Oromo borde ...

, Addis Ababa (2),

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and the Meki Catholic School ( located in the town of Meki )

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