Xavier High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

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Xavier High School
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Xavier High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
6300 42nd Street NE

Cedar Rapids
,
(Linn County)
,
Iowa
52411

United States
Coordinates 42°1′27″N91°43′29″W / 42.02417°N 91.72472°W / 42.02417; -91.72472
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Type Private, Coeducational
MottoLearning with a higher purpose.
Religious affiliation(s) Catholicism
Established1998
Oversight Archdiocese of Dubuque
SuperintendentKim Hermsen
PresidentChris McCarville
PrincipalLynn Holverson
Grades 9th–12th
Enrollment664[ needs update ] (2018–2019)
Color(s) Navy blue and Silver   
Athletics conference Mississippi Valley Conference
MascotSaints
NewspaperThe Xpress
Tuition$5,720 (Catholic), $10,080 (Non Catholic)
Feeder schoolsSt. Joseph School (K-8), LaSalle School (K-8), Regis Middle School (6-8)
Website http://www.xaviersaints.org

Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the only Catholic high school in the local metropolitan area. It is affiliated with twelve area Catholic parishes and the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Xavier opened in 1998 after the merger of two previous Catholic high schools, Regis and LaSalle.

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School information

Xavier High School is a member of the National Catholic Education Association and is accredited by the State of Iowa. 58% of the faculty has a M.A. or PhD in their area.

Its campus encompasses a full 60 acres (240,000 m2) in northeastern Cedar Rapids. The 146,500-square-foot (13,610 m2) facility is capable of managing up to 811 students under the current layout. Xavier enjoys several advantages in facilities over other Metro area high schools. The football, baseball, softball, and soccer fields are all located on-campus, as well as two full football and soccer practice fields. Newly remodeled tennis courts are on-campus as well. A disk golf course is in place throughout the grounds for students' use at their leisure. There is a pond on the eastern edge of campus that students may use for recreation and fishing as well as professional water polo. Xavier provides an iPad for each student.

Student information

The students at Xavier High School primarily come from the surrounding area's Catholic middle schools: Regis Middle School and LaSalle Middle School (the former high schools that merged to form Xavier) in Cedar Rapids, and Saint Joseph's School in Marion, Iowa.

Athletics

The Saints compete in the Mississippi Valley Conference in the following sports: [1]

On June 19, 2007, Sports Illustrated named Xavier as the top athletic high school for the 2006–2007 school year in the state. In 2010, Xavier's girls soccer team was recognized as 4th in the Nation. The Saints girls soccer program has won eight consecutive state titles, and holds the record in Iowa for most consecutive titles won, male or female. The Xavier Athletics Program was recognized by the Des Moines Register [10] as the best in the state of Iowa for medium-sized schools in 2006-07 and again in 2014–15. The Saints football team have won state championships in 2006, 2017, 2018, and 2022, going undefeated in the 2006, 2018 and 2022 seasons. [11]

Fine arts

The school offers numerous choral, instrumental, visual arts and theatrical programs for students.

Activities and clubs

There are over 1000 co-curricular activities at Xavier. Some of these include intramural basketball, Key Club, National Honor Society, Breakfast Club, SADD, Model UN, BPA (Business Professionals of America), FIRST Tech Challenge, and many others. Many of these clubs include competitive aspects.

Xavier Xcentrics

Xavier's FIRST Tech Challenge team, the Xavier Xcentrics, advanced to World Competitions in Detroit in the 2018 season. [12]

Notable alumni

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