St. Francis Xavier School vs. St. Ambrose School
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Overview
At St Francis Xavier School, we educate for excellence and together we learn to become Disciples of Christ.
SFX helps you to grow spiritually, physically, intellectually, creatively, and emotionally.
In keeping with the directives of the Bishops of the United States, Saint Francis Xavier School, a living Faith Community, reaches out to the individual, extending the message of the Gospel.
The entire staff strives to integrate religious truths and values with academic knowledge and skills, in order to help each young person reach his/her fullest potential.
In this manner, we hope to assist him/her in developing spiritually, morally, emotionally, physically, intellectually and socially.
Realizing that parents are the first and primary teachers, Saint Francis Xavier School makes every effort to encourage creativity and to educate the "whole person” thereby developing basic lessons of obedience, respect for life, law and order, and consideration for one another, begun in the home.
The school offers unique educational advantages for proclaiming the message of the Gospel, for fostering the growth of Christian community and for involving students in service to others.
We are proud to have been named a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education and 2015 Winner of the Innovations in Catholic Edcuation Award.
Live Your Family's Values.We are unwaveringly committed to teaching and reinforcing with your children the same values by which you are raising them.
We reinforce these values here to prepare them for when they are inevitably faced with a challenging choice.
They remember these values, your values, our values and embrace them at that defining moment in order to make better life decisions.
Experience Higher Education on an affordable Budget.Saint Ambrose School consistently delivers a high quality education that transcends the competition dollar for dollar.
Whether it's a remote fieldtrip in our state of the art Distance learning Lab to NASA, celebrating the Eucharist during school Mass, learning Spanish, working on a STEM cancer project to impact lives, or taking advanced math for high school credit, our students excel.
We also offer incredible options to meet the needs of our hard working families which include: before and after care through our Guardian Angels program, extracurricular activities, music lessons and athletics.
Think for Yourself and Become a Better You.Beyond teaching Math, Science, Language Arts and other core curricula offered like many other schools, we provide dynamic teaching centered in Christ, an innovative culture, leadership and community service opportunities and problem based learning to enable students to think critically, ask questions, develop a sense of personal empathy, responsibility and public service.
We educate the whole child. Master New Technologies.We are excited to be the first and only STEM designated school in our region as of Spring 2017! Our teachers utilize 21st Century, cutting edge technologies in the classroom and throughout the curriculum.
Graduates of Saint Ambrose School are the BEST prepared for the emerging digital world.
We have a dedicated computer science and coding program for all students in grades K-8.
Saint Ambrose School is the only K-8 school in the State of Ohio and across the nation using Geo Spatial Technology in the classroom and our students and faculty present annually at conferences such as the Ohio Technology Conference and across the U.S.
Grades Offered
PK-8
PK-8
Blue Ribbon School
Yes, selected in 2011
No
Learning Difference Programs
Yes
Yes
Year Founded
1951
1958
Students Body
Total Students
415 students
680 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
1%
3%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Pre-K Students
69
140
Kindergarten Students
37
60
Grade 1 Students
47
60
Grade 2 Students
40
60
Grade 3 Students
30
60
Grade 4 Students
45
60
Grade 5 Students
47
60
Grade 6 Students
34
60
Grade 7 Students
30
60
Grade 8 Students
36
60
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
22 teachers
50 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
n/a
50%
Average Class Size
25
30
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:19
1:14
Classroom Dress Code
Formal
Formal
(See Handbook)
(See Handbook)
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
Jan. 31 / Feb. 28 / rolling
Tuition Cost
$3,725
$2,565
Tuition Notes
Family Plan
Non-Parishioner Rates
n/a
% on Financial Aid
n/a
50%
Sports
Total Sports Offered
7
9
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
14
33
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Band, Bricks 4 Kidz, Chess Club, Choir, Future Teachers of America (FTA), Girls on the Run, Math Club, National Junior Honor Society, Piano, Power of the Pen, Science Olympiad-Elementary, Science Olympiad-Middle School, Strings, Student Council
Altar Servers, Art Shows, Band and Instrumental Music, Boy Scouts, Broadcast Studio, Brownies, Catholic Schools Week, Choir, Christmas Concert, Christmas Play, Classroom of Champions Team, Clubs for Every Grade, Cub Scouts, Daisy Scouts, Drama Club, Earth Day, Girl Scouts, Guardian Angels Extended Care Program, Hoops for Heart, International Pi Day, International Poetry Week, Jump for Heart, Mardi Gras, Mathematics Competition Teams, Peer Mediation, Red Ribbon Week, Right to Read Week, School Ambassadors, Science Fair, Spelling Bee, Spring Concert, Student Council, Vocation Awareness