• 48,956 elementary and high school students attend 126 schools
• Nearly 60% of New York City's school age children reside in Brooklyn and Queens
• Form the fifth largest and only solely urban system of parochial schools in the nation

• 98% of graduating class continues on to college in 2009, versus 45% of NYC public high school students
• Four -year graduation rate of 99.65%, versus 55.4% for all NYC public high school students
• Foster Academic Success:  79.6% of 4th graders meet or exceed state standards in English Language Arts (includes special education students), as compared to 61.3% in NYC public schools
• Have teachers committed to ongoing professional development who are consistently recruited by New York City public schools

Tuition

• Average $3,579 per year for elementary school students (exclusive of various fees such as book fees, computer, etc.)
• Average of $6,875 per year for high school students
• $4,454 is spent per pupil, with a 19.65% deficit, as compared to $18,141 spent per pupil in our NYC public school counterparts

• Average household income is $28,850 for our scholarship recipient families
• 21.1% of Brooklyn residents live in poverty versus 18.2% throughout the City's five boroughs

• Embody Diversity: Student families represent 167 countries and speak 44 languages
• 64% of Catholic school students in Brooklyn and Queens are minorities
• Population is over 25% non-Catholic
• 44 languages are spoken by student families
• Are anchors of stability in many under-served neighborhoods