Saint John's Preparatory School (Collegeville, Minnesota)

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Location
St. John's Preparatory School
Collegeville, MN, USA
Information
Religion	Roman Catholic
President	Fr. Timothy Backous, OSB
Enrollment	325 [1]
Average class size	16
Student:teacher ratio	11:1
Average SAT scores (2005)	1854
Type	Private
Color(s)	Red, White, and Blue
Established	1857
Homepage	www.sjprep.net

Saint John's Preparatory School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Collegeville, Minnesota. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud, it offers both boarding and day students a Catholic education.

[edit] Background

Saint John's Prep was established in 1857 by monks and priests at Saint John's Abbey, a Benedictine community. It is the oldest secondary school in Minnesota. In the early days enrollment was mostly boarding students, today about 75% are day students. The school was male-only until 1974, when nearby all-girls Saint Benedicts closed. ^[1]

There is a book forthcoming on the History of Saint John's Preparatory School, written by Seán Dwyer and Cindy Peterson.