F.A.Q.'s

• How much is tuition to attend St. Gregory’s Academy?

Tuition and boarding fee information is available by contacting the school at (570) 842-8112. We are committed to offering affordable tuition; we ask in return that parents take seriously their obligation to pay for the education, care, room and board that their child receives.

• Is financial aid available?

Financial aid is very limited. However, a sponsorship program may be available through the specific gift of a donor. Please specify if you wish to apply for financial aid when requesting an application package.

• Are there any special requirements for admission?

Admission to St. Gregory’s is open to a broad spectrum of students with regard to ability and previous academic background. Nevertheless, we are not organized to accept boys with a history of serious academic or disciplinary problems.

• What is the student to teacher ratio at St. Gregory’s?

The student to teacher ratio at St. Gregory’s is 5:1. Small classrooms are conducive not only to learning, but also to the community life of the school. 

• What is the maximum capacity of St. Gregory’s?

The maximum capacity at St. Gregory’s is sixty students.

• Do St. Gregory’s students successfully continue on to higher education?

While St. Gregory’s is not designed to be exclusively a preparatory school, preparation for higher education comes hand in hand with the education we provide. Our student’s S.A.T. scores are consistently 100 points above the national average. During our thirteen years of educating, 80% of our students have continued on to higher education, enrolling in a variety of colleges across the continent, and 11% of our students have enrolled in the US Army, Marines, and vocational schools. Compared with the national percentage of public high school graduates prepared for higher education at 32% (according to the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research 2003), our graduates are a testament to our success in education.

• Is St. Gregory’s Academy accredited?

St. Gregory’s is not accredited. We believe that parents and the Church have the primary and preeminent right to direct the education of Catholic children according to divine and natural law. The current trend is toward states mandating material more and more objectionable to Catholics. Our students do not suffer discrimination in admission to colleges and universities.

• Has St. Gregory’s mission significantly altered over the years?

St. Gregory’s mission remains the same as at its inception; to provide a classical, liberal arts high school education within the Catholic intellectual and spiritual tradition. Mr. Clark, formerly the assistant headmaster, as the current headmaster, has kept the school on its moral and academic course pursuing our motto of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the truest Catholic sense. We also now have two full-time chaplains, both priests of the Fraternity of St. Peter, to look after the boys’ spiritual needs according to their particular gifts of the priesthood. The faculty and staff are continually enhanced, as we have added at least one full-time faculty member each of the last three years. Please take a few minutes to get to know them and their families a little from their biographies posted on this website. St. Gregory’s is more widely known now than ever before, and our alumni have formed an alumni association for the support and promotion of the Academy. Many of our graduates are now married with their own families and are able to help their brothers in Christ profit from the same Christian culture they themselves experienced at St. Gregory’s.

• Where is St. Gregory’s located?

Please click here for a map and directions to the school.