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Visitor Information
- Where
- 1500 Mark Thomas Dr, Monterey, CA 93940
- What
- Upper School is a college-preparatory high school for young women, with resident and day students in Grades 9-12.
Lower School is co-educational, with day students in Grades PreK-8.
Summer at Santa Catalina is for girls 8-14 years of age and serves both resident and day campers. - Who
- Santa Catalina is an independent Catholic school, dedicated to the education of young people by giving careful consideration to the individual abilities and potential of each student. Our goal is to balance intellectual growth with spiritual awareness, creativity with order, and individuality with compassion. We work to deepen each student's sense of responsibility to oneself, to others, to school, and to God. We encourage the spiritual growth of students of all faiths through worship, religious study, and community service. Our entire program seeks to nurture in each student both personal growth and an awareness of community and global needs.
- Location
- Santa Catalina School is located 125 miles south of San Francisco on the Monterey Peninsula, which traces its heritage back to Spanish colonial California and which today is a professional and recreational community of 185,000.
- Students
- Santa Catalina School admits students of any race, creed, color, and national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, disability, and national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship programs, athletic or other school-administered programs.
Upper School:
- 259 girls (128 resident, 131 day)
- Average class size = 14 students
- 26% of the Upper School student body receives financial assistance.
Lower School:
- 270 (97 boys, 176 girls)
- Average class size Pre-K: 19 students with three teachers
- Average class size Kindergarten: 25 students with two teachers
- Average class size Grades 1-2: 22 students with 2 full-time teachers
- Average class size Grades 3-5: 25 students with 1 full-time teacher, 1 half-time assistant
- Average class size Grades 6-8: 19 students per section/2 sections per grade
- 13% of the Lower School student body receives financial assistance.
- Accreditation
- Santa Catalina School is accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, and is a member of the California Association of Independent Schools, the National Association of Independent Schools, The Association of Boarding Schools, the National Catholic Educational Association, and the National Coalition of Girls' Schools.
- College Placement
- One hundred percent of Santa Catalina School graduates move on to higher education.
- Useful Links
- Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
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