Elizabeth Seton High School | |
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5715 Emerson Street , , 20710 United States | |
Coordinates | 38°56′47″N76°54′52″W / 38.94639°N 76.91444°W |
Information | |
Type | Private |
Motto | Light To Know. Grace To Do. |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic (Daughters of Charity) |
Established | 1959 |
School district | Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Schools [1] |
CEEB code | 210273 |
President | Dr. Lisa Grillo ’89 |
Principal | Vanessa Cooke (interim) |
Faculty | 37 |
Teaching staff | 49 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrollment | 552 (2016-7) |
Average class size | 18 |
Student to teacher ratio | 13:1 |
Campus size | 24-acre (97,000 m2) campus |
Color(s) | Scarlet, Gold, and White |
Slogan | "stronger through sisterhood" |
Song | Elizabeth Seton High School Song |
Athletics conference | WCAC |
Sports | 24 athletic teams |
Mascot | Roadrunner |
Team name | Roadrunners |
Accreditation | MSA [2] |
Newspaper | The Roadrunner Review |
Yearbook | Caritas |
Tuition | $19,077.00 [3] |
Website | setonhs |
Elizabeth Seton High School is a private, all-girls Catholic high school in Bladensburg, Maryland. It is located in the Archdiocese of Washington.
Elizabeth Seton High School was established on March 15, 1957, and opened with an enrollment of 138 freshmen and a faculty of six Daughters of Charity in September 1959.
As early as 1965, the Maryland State Department of Education issued a Certificate of Approval to the school and in 1968 the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accredited it.
Elizabeth Seton was named one of 10 private schools of distinction by The Washington Post in 2005. [4]
Seton covers grades 9–12 and can hold about 650 students. [5]
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