X-Cellent Facts

• St. Xavier is the largest all-male Jesuit High School of the 50 in the United States of America.
• St. Xavier is the fourth oldest Jesuit institution in the United States - founded in 1831 with Xavier University.
• St. Xavier alumni are known as The Long Blue Line. The Long Blue Line has more than 16,000 living alumni residing in every state in America and several foreign countries.
• St. X faculty and staff includes more than 40 members who are also alumni.
• St. X's alumni directory lists 511 living graduates as medical doctors or dentists, 624 as attorneys, and 610 as engineers.
• St. Xavier’s campus extends 110 acres.
• St. Xavier is the largest all-male Catholic high school in the State of Ohio.
• 1,565 young men are enrolled at St. Xavier High School for the 2010 – 2011 academic year.
• Average class size at St. Xavier is 25.
• Student to teacher ratio is 15:1.
• St. Xavier's faculty consists of 120 full-time teachers.
• 5 Jesuits are involved in teaching and administration at St. Xavier.
• More than 80% of the students enrolled at St. Xavier are Catholic.
• 20% of St. Xavier students come from faith backgrounds including, but not limited to – Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Mormon and Muslim.
• 99% of St. Xavier graduates go on to attend a 4-year university or college.
• 75% of the graduating Class of 2010 received some form of academic, service and/or athletic scholarship.
• Total scholarships for the class of 2010 reached more than $37,000,000. Students received $31,554,673 in merit scholarships and $5,415,472 in athletic scholarships.
• 74% of the class of 2010 got into the college of their first choice.
• 24 advanced placement courses are offered in 7 subject areas. Taking these courses gives students college credit prior to enrollment into college.
• St. Xavier is routinely one of the top high schools in the area with students named national merit finalists, semi-finalists and commended students.
• 88 grade schools throughout Greater Cincinnati represent the freshman Class of 2014.
• $2,490,000 was awarded in tuition assistance for the 2009-2010 academic year. 28% of the student body receives tuition assistance with an average gift of $5,500.
• 11 computer labs are available with more than 330 computers dedicated for student use, including email, internet and message boards.
• 85 clubs and organizations are available to students at St. Xavier - not including intramurals and athletics - ranging from politics to publications, from engineering to languages, from student government to liturgical music.
• 75% of the St. Xavier student body voluntarily participates in community service activities.
• Athletic Conference Affiliation: Greater Catholic League (GCL). Other members include: Alter, Badin, Carroll, Chaminade-Julienne, Elder, Fenwick, LaSalle, McNicholas, Moeller, Purcell Marion and Roger Bacon.
• 14 Division I Athletic Programs – baseball, basketball, bowling, cross-country, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track, volleyball and wrestling.
• Intramural athletic programs in golf, soccer, basketball, volleyball, football, homerun derby and bowling.
• More than half of our Division I athletic teams have won state championships; 42 total state championships have been won by our athletic teams which is tops in the State of Ohio.