The school has provided a comprehensive college preparatory curriculum, grounded in Roman Catholic values and traditions, for over 70 years. As a standard bearer in curriculum innovation, Archbishop Stepinac High School provides young men with a highly competitive academic program that leverages our blended learning platforms and project-based learning pedagogy to equip students with skills to become globally competitive. Archbishop Stepinac High School offers a comprehensive college preparatory curriculum. Archbishop Stepinac is among the first schools in the nation to use all digital texts.
Each course is blended with interactive technology platforms. Our blended learning program has received recognition from Rice University.
In addition, the school was awarded the Executive Leadership Award from Fordham University Graduate School of Education for its outstanding STEAM program.The school also boasts a championship interscholastic sports program, an award winning arts program, many additional clubs and activities, and a campus ministry program.
Quick Stats (2024-25)
- Top Ranked NY School
- Grades: 9-12
- Enrollment: 804 students
- Yearly Tuition: $16,950
- Acceptance rate: 75%
- Average class size: 22 students
- Application Deadline: Dec. 11 / rolling
- Source: Verified school update
Upcoming Events and News
- Open House - Wed., October 23, 2024 - get more information!
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- Open House - Wed., May 14, 2025 - get more information!
- Students and Their Supervisors and Mentors Again Hail Stepinac High School’s Innovative Senior Internship Program - 08/29/2024Stepinac High School's Senior Internship Program, the capstone to the three-year innovative The Joyce and Frank Colangelo Entrepreneurship Program, continues to receive Straight A's by the students who participate and ...moretheir supervisors and mentors. hide
- Stepinac High School Susan and Daniel P. Mahoney ‘67 Honors Academy Students Present Their Proposed Assistive Technology Innovation to Help Improve Quality of Life for a Medically Fragile 10-Year-Old Patient at Sixth Annual Symposium - 08/29/2024The project is the result of a groundbreaking collaboration with Blythedale Children's Hospital.
- The Susan and Daniel P. Mahoney ‘67 Honors Academy's Sixth Annual Symposium in the News - 08/29/2024Media coverage of the groundbreaking collaboration with Blythedale Children's Hospital.
- Stepinac Theatre Celebrates Catch Me If You Can Musical - 08/29/2024Earns 10 Metro Award Nominations and Takes Home Two Awards in the 2024 Judging of Exceptional High School Theatre Productions
- 18 Stepinac High School Students to Attend 2024 Internationally Renowned Foroige Leadership for Life Conference in Ireland, July 29-August 2 - 08/29/2024The Stepinac students will join hundreds of their peers from throughout the world at Maynooth University to participate in a comprehensive program designed to develop their skills and attributes of ...morestrong leadership. hide
- Stepinac High School Celebrates Esports Team’s Impressive Third-Place Finish in Its First Electronics Gaming Federation High School Overwatch National Championship - 08/29/2024Outstanding Game Players Also Won Inaugural CHSAA League Championship Title.
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Top Rankings
Archbishop Stepinac High School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in New York for:
Category
Attribute
Student Body
AP Courses
Sports offered
Extracurriculars
School Overview
Religious Affiliation
Grades Offered
Grades 9-12
ADD/ADHD Support
Yes
Learning Difference Programs
Yes
Year Founded
1948
School Calendar
Student Body
Total Students
804 students
Student Body Type
% Students of Color
40%
State avg.: 40%
Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
70 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio
11:1
National avg.: 13:1
% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
88%
Average Class Size
22 students
Number of AP Courses
28 courses
List of Courses Offered
Advanced Courses
AP American History, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Sciences Principles, AP English Language, AP Environmental Science, AP European History, AP Government & Politics, AP Human Geography, AP Italian Language, AP Latin: Vergil, AP Literature & Composition, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism, AP Physics C: Mechaniics, AP Physics I, AP Physics II, AP Psychology, AP Research, AP Seminar, AP Spanish Language, AP Statistics, AP Studio Art, AP World History
Average SAT score
1298
(Out of 1600)
Average ACT score
27
(Out of 36)
Classroom Dress Code
Formal
V-Neck Pullover, dress shirt, tie, khaki pants, dress shoes
Tuition and Acceptance Rate
Admission Deadline
Dec. 11 / rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost
$16,950
Tuition Notes
The Tuition for the 2024 – 2025 School Year is $16,950. Stepinac bills various fees throughout the school year. Please review the 2024 – 2025 Fee Schedule on our website under the Admissions Tab.
Acceptance Rate
75%
National avg.: 85%
Admissions Director
Keith Sunderland
Admissions Associate
Debra Forte
Sports
Total Sports Offered
15 sports
Sports
Extracurriculars
Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
50 extracurriculars
ExtracurricularsExtra-curric.
Club or Organization:
A Helping Hand, Ambassadors, Business Investment, Caddies, Campus Ministry, Chess, Classroom Crusaders, Coding, Communications, Computer Science Honor Society, Creative Writers, Crusaders for Life, Culinary, Economy, Engineering/Robotics, English Honor Society, Film Making, Foroige, Freshman Forum, Health Care Forum, Horticulture, Italian, Italian Honor Society, Latin Honor Society, Literary Journal, Mock Trial, MSG TV, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society, National Honor Society, Newspaper, Oratory/Debate, Photography, Political, Prom Committee, Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society, Rotary Interact, Science Honor Society, Ski & Snowboard, Spanish, Spanish Honor Society, Stage Crew, Student Government, Travel, video Game, Yearbook
Arts and Music Programs:
Art Club, Chorus, Drama, Jazz/Rock Band
Recreational Athletic Programs:
Backyard Sports
A Helping Hand, Ambassadors, Business Investment, Caddies, Campus Ministry, Chess, Classroom Crusaders, Coding, Communications, Computer Science Honor Society, Creative Writers, Crusaders for Life, Culinary, Economy, Engineering/Robotics, English Honor Society, Film Making, Foroige, Freshman Forum, Health Care Forum, Horticulture, Italian, Italian Honor Society, Latin Honor Society, Literary Journal, Mock Trial, MSG TV, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society, National Honor Society, Newspaper, Oratory/Debate, Photography, Political, Prom Committee, Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society, Rotary Interact, Science Honor Society, Ski & Snowboard, Spanish, Spanish Honor Society, Stage Crew, Student Government, Travel, video Game, Yearbook
Arts and Music Programs:
Art Club, Chorus, Drama, Jazz/Rock Band
Recreational Athletic Programs:
Backyard Sports
School Notes
- The goal of our academic program is to prepare students for success in college and beyond. To this end, we want to make sure our students are globally competitive. Therefore, there is a focus on technology literacy along with an emphasis on inquiry based learning as assessments are focused on project based collaborations. Our goal is to engage, enhance, and extend our learning with the application of our studies to real world problems. Here is a quick summary of our program:Accredited by the Middle States Association of College and Secondary Schools 28 Advanced Placement Classes includingAP Capstone Diploma Program Over 40 Honors courses Over 60 electives15 dual enrollment courses with St. John`s University and Marist College 4 Honors Academies (Engineering, Finance/Economics, Health Sciences, Law) 9 National Honor Societies 2 Certificate Programs in Computer Science Engineering and Entrepreneurship. Each course is blended with interactive technology platforms: MyMathLab, Mastering Science, MyLitLab, MyHistoryLab, MyLanguage Lab, MyPorgramming Lab, Pearson REALIZE, Pearson REVEL, among others. These platforms are the same platforms used in undergraduate and graduate programs at the university level.Our blended learning program has receivedrecognition from Rice University. In addition, the school was awarded theExecutive Leadership Awardfrom Fordham University GraduateSchool of Education for its outstanding STEAM program
- A hallmark of our academic program is The Honors Academy. Students select from one of the following academies: Law, Health Sciences (Medicine), Economics and Finance, or Engineering. The curriculum framework design for each academy is based on undergraduate core courses in the chosen concentrations. By helping students discern their interest in potential course of study at the university level, the Honors Academy program prepares them for their chosen college major. It`s like having a college major in high school! You are taking courses that revolve all around your major or specialized interest! Students will develop and use complex algorithms to explore the major theories and principles associated with each discipline. A primary goal is to empower students to see the relationship between the academy studies and their application to the real world.The program culminates with a research symposium at the end of junior year, an internship at the beginning of senior year, and a final dissertation with an oral defense at the end of senior year that will be judged by a panel of faculty members and outside professionals in the fields that correlate with the respective academy.
- Sample of notable school alumni/alumnae:
- Jon Voight - Jonathan Vincent Voight is an American actor. He came to prominence in the late 1960s with his Academy Award-nominated performance as Joe Buck, in Midnight Cowboy (1969). During the 1970s, he became a Hollywood star with his portrayals of a businessman mixed up with murder in Deliverance (1972); a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in Coming Home (1978), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor; and a penniless ex-boxing champion in the remake of The Champ (1979).
- Alan Alda - Alan Alda is an American actor, filmmaker and comedian. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the war television series M*A*S*H (1972–1983). He also wrote and directed numerous episodes of the comedy-drama series. Alda is also known for recurring roles on television series, such as The West Wing and Ray Donovan, and received critical acclaim for his appearances in films such as Same Time, Next Year (1978) alongside Ellen Burstyn and for his directorial debut film The Four Seasons (1981).
- Chip Taylor - Chip Taylor (born James Wesley Voight) is an American songwriter and singer noted for writing "Angel of the Morning" and "Wild Thing".
- Bob Hyland - Robert Joseph Hyland is a former American football guard who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, New York Giants, and the New England Patriots. He played college football at Boston College and was drafted in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.
- Eric Ogbogu - Eric Ogbogu is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, and Dallas Cowboys. He previously played college football at the University of Maryland. Ogbogu is also the official star and spokesperson of the Under Armour brand, and is named "Big E" in the Under Armour commercials, after being hired by founder and former Maryland teammate Kevin Plank.[8] His saying, "We must protect this house!" has been made famous from these advertisements.
- Adrian Griffin Jr. - Adrian Darnell "AJ" Griffin Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
- Billy Collins - William James Collins is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York (retired, 2016). Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004 through 2006. In 2016, Collins was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. As of 2020, he is a teacher in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.
- Brian Sweeney - Brian Edward Sweeney is an American former professional baseball pitcher who is currently the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
- Marty Colon - Martin Conlon is a former professional basketball player whose career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) lasted from 1992 through 2000. In his freshman year in college he played on the Providence College team that went to the Final Four. His coach that year was Rick Pitino. He played for eight different teams during his NBA career. Conlon played for the Seattle SuperSonics, the Sacramento Kings, the Charlotte Hornets, the Washington Bullets, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Boston Celtics, the Miami Heat, and the Los Angeles Clippers. After his NBA career came to an end, he continued to play professional basketball in Europe, where he played in Italy, Greece, Spain, and Ireland where he was the captain of the Irish national basketball team. Conlon has also been an active participant in the SportsUnited Sports Envoy program for the U.S. Department of State. In this function, he has traveled to Myanmar, India, Jordan, and Uzbekistan, where he conducted basketball clinics and events that reached a total of more than 1850 youths and people from impoverished areas.
- Robert E Landry - Landry joined Regeneron in 2013 and serves as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Regeneron, Mr. Landry served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Pfizer Inc.
Source: Verified school update
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Archbishop Stepinac High School cost?
Archbishop Stepinac High School's tuition is approximately $16,950 for private students.
What schools are Archbishop Stepinac High School often compared to?
Archbishop Stepinac High School is often viewed alongside schools like Fordham Preparatory School, Iona Preparatory School by visitors of our site.
What is the acceptance rate of Archbishop Stepinac High School?
The acceptance rate of Archbishop Stepinac High School is 75%, which is lower than the national average of 79%.
Who are famous alumni from Archbishop Stepinac High School?
Archbishop Stepinac High School famous alumni include: Jon Voight, Alan Alda, Chip Taylor, Bob Hyland, Eric Ogbogu, Adrian Griffin Jr., Billy Collins, Brian Sweeney, Marty Colon and Robert E Landry.
What sports does Archbishop Stepinac High School offer?
Archbishop Stepinac High School offers 15 interscholastic sports: Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, E-sports, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Winter Track and Wrestling. Archbishop Stepinac High School is ranked as one of the top 20% of private schools in New York for most sports offered.
What is Archbishop Stepinac High School's ranking?
Archbishop Stepinac High School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in New York for: Largest student body, Most AP courses offered, Most sports offered and Most extracurriculars offered.
When is the application deadline for Archbishop Stepinac High School?
The application deadline for Archbishop Stepinac High School is Dec. 11 / rolling (applications are due on Dec. 11 but additional applications are reviewed year-round as space permits ).
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