List of schools of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago

The following is a list of schools operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, which covers Cook and Lake counties, followed by a list of former high schools closed after 1959 and former K-8 schools closed after 1983.

In 1985, Joseph Bernardin, then the head of the archdiocese, stated that as costs increased to operate Catholic schools, it was likely merging or closure would result.[1] In 1990 Bernardin stated that 18 schools were to close that year. He suggested that some parishes may change from having their own schools to having joint schools with other parishes, or regional schools.[2] Ultimately 25 schools closed in 1990. In 1994 an additional 24 were shuttered.[3] From 1990 to 2004, the number of Catholic schools shuttered exceeded 100.[4]

Schools

9–12 schools in Chicago
Near West and Northwest Sides
North Side
Far Northwest Side
Southwest Side
South Side

9–12 schools in Cook County

This list excludes Chicago.

Northern Cook County
Northwest Cook County
St. Viator High School
Western Cook County
Southwestern Cook County
Southern Cook County

9–12 schools in Lake County
PK-8 schools on the Near West and Northwest Sides
  • St. Agnes of Bohemia School
  • St. Angela School
  • Children of Peace School
  • Epiphany School
  • St. Helen School
  • St. Hyacinth School
  • St. John Berchmans School
  • St. Mary of the Angels School
  • St. Malachy School
  • St. Patrick's Academy
  • St. Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral School
  • Our Lady of Grace
  • Our Lady of Tepeyac School
  • Our Lady of the Westside School
  • St. Pius V School
  • St. Procopius School
  • St. Stanislaus Kostka School
PK-8 schools on the North Side
  • Alphonsus Academy and Center for the Arts
  • St. Andrew School
  • St. Benedict School
  • St. Clement School
    • St. Clement, located in Lincoln Park, is the parish school of St. Clement Church
  • St. Cornelius School
  • St. Eugene School
  • Frances Xavier Warde School
    • In 1994 Holy Name School, which had been facing a decline in the number of enrolled students, merged into Warde, and the former Holy Name became Warde School, Old St. Patrick's Campus so it could house the increasing number of students at Xavier.[5]
  • St. Hilary School
  • Immaculate Conception School (7263 West Talcott Avenue)
  • St. Josaphat School
  • St. Juliana School
  • St. Margaret Mary School
  • St. Mary of the Angels School
    • St. Mary's, located in Bucktown, is the parish school of St. Mary of the Angels Church
  • St. Mary of the Lake School
  • St. Mary of the Woods School
  • St. Matthias/Transfiguration School
    • The school, in the Lincoln Square community, is the parish school of the St. Matthias and Transfiguration of Our Lord parishes.[6] the former Transfiguration School consolidated into St. Matthias in 2002; The St. Matthias building became the site of St. Matthias/Transfiguration as the Transfiguration building closed[7]
  • Mount Carmel Academy
  • Queen of All Saints School
  • Queen of Angels School
  • St. Tarcissus School
  • St. Thecla School
  • St. Thomas of Canterbury School
  • Northside Catholic Academy
  • Our Lady of the Wayside
PK-8 schools on the Far Northwest Side
  • St. Constance School
  • St. Edward School
  • St. Ferdinand School
  • St. Francis Borgia School
  • St. Genevieve School
  • St. Ladislaus School
  • St. Monica Academy
  • Our Lady of Victory School
  • St. Pascal School
  • St. Priscilla School
  • St. Robert Bellarmine School
  • St. Viator School
  • St. William School
PK-8 schools on the Southwest Side
St. Therese Chinese Catholic School St. Therese Campus in Chinatown, Chicago
  • St. Barnabas School
  • St. Bede the Venerable School
  • St. Bruno School
  • St. Cajetan School
  • Christ the King School
  • St. Christina School
  • St. Daniel the Prophet School
  • St. Gall School
  • St. John Fisher School
  • St. Mary Star of the Sea School
  • The Most Holy Redeemer Elementary School
  • Nativity B. V. M. School
  • St. Nicholas of Tolentine School
  • Our Lady of the Snows School
  • Pope John Paul II Catholic School
    • The sponsoring parishes of Pope John Paul II are Immaculate Conception Parish (2745 West 44th Street), St. Pancratius Parish, Our Lady of Fatima Parish, and Five Holy Martyrs Parish.[8] John Paul II was formed in 1999 by the mergers of the parish schools of the four parishes; the Immaculate Conception and St. Pancriatus campus sites were immediately closed, while the Our Lady of Fatima and Five Holy Martyrs sites became a part of John Paul II. The Our Lady of Fatima site closed in 2003, leaving the Five Holy Martyrs site as the sole site for John Paul II.[7] John Paul II, the sponsoring parishes, and the three closed sites are in the Brighton Park neighborhood.[9]
  • Queen of Martyrs School
  • Queen of the Universe School
  • St. Rene Goupil School
  • St. Richard School
  • St. Symphorosa School
  • St. Therese Chinese Catholic School (traditional Chinese: 聖德力天主教學校; simplified Chinese: 圣德力天主教学校; pinyin: Shèng Délì Tiānzhǔjiào Xuéxiào; lit. 'St. Therese Catholic School')[10] - It has a campus in Chinatown and another in Bridgeport. It was established in 1941.[11] In 1990, almost all of the students were ethnic Chinese.[12] In 2018 the archdiocese announced that St. Barbara School would merge into St. Therese as their respective parishes were also merging.[13] In 2019 the St. Barbara School became the St. Therese Bridgeport campus.[11]
  • St. Turibius School
  • St. Walter School
PK-8 schools on the South Side
  • Academy of St. Benedict the African
    • The school has two campuses, including the Laflin Campus at 6020 South Laflin and the Stewart Campus at 6547 South Stewart. The Laflin Campus is located in West Englewood.[14] The Stewart campus is in Englewood. The school, formerly known as Englewood Catholic Academy, was formed in 1984 from the consolidation of several parish schools, including St. Benedict the African School, St. Bernard School, St. Brendan School, St. Justin Martyr School, and St. Carthage School.[7]
  • St. Ailbe School
  • Annunciata School
  • St. Barnabas School
  • Bridgeport Catholic Academy
  • Christ the King School
  • St. Columbanus School
  • St. Dorothy School
  • St. Elizabeth School
  • St. Ethelreda School
  • St. Florian School
  • St. Gabriel School
  • St. Helena of the Cross School
  • St. Jerome School
  • Holy Angels School
  • St. John de la Salle Academy of Fine Arts
  • Santa Lucia School
  • St. Margaret of Scotland School
  • St. Michael School
  • Our Lady of the Gardens School
  • St. Philip Neri School
  • St. Sabina Academy
  • St. Therese Chinese Catholic School St. Barbara Campus
  • St. Thomas the Apostle School
  • Visitation School

PK-8 schools in Cook County

This list excludes Chicago.

PK-8 schools in northern Cook County
  • St. Catherine Laboure School (Glenview)
  • SS. Faith, Hope & Charity School (Winnetka)
  • St. Francis Xavier School (Wilmette)
  • St. Joan of Arc School (Evanston) (Became The Academy at St. Joan of Arc, an independent school, in 2019.)
  • St. John Brebeuf School (Niles)
    • The parishes of St. John Brebeuf are St. John Brebeuf (Niles), St. Isaac Jogues (Niles), St. Martha (Morton Grove), and Our Lady of Ransom. The St. Isaac Jogues School closed in 1992, the St. Martha School closed in 2000, and Our Lady of Ransom School closed in 2004.[7]
  • St. Joseph School (Wilmette) (closed in 1986, reopened in 1998[7])
    • The school is the parish school of St. Joseph Church.
  • Mary, Seat of Wisdom School (Park Ridge)
    • This is the parish school for Mary, Seat of Wisdom Church.
  • St. Norbert School (Northbrook)
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Glenview)
  • St. Paul of the Cross School (Park Ridge)
    • The school is the parish school of St. Paul of the Cross Church.
  • St. Peter School (Skokie)
  • St. Athanasius (St. A's)- Evanston
  • Pope John XXIII School (Evanston)
    • The school is the parish school for the St. Nicholas Parish and St. Mary Parish in Evanston . The school was formed in 1986 by the merger of St. Nicholas School and St. Mary School. Pope John XXIII occupied the former St. Nicholas building, and the St. Mary building closed.[7] In 1998 the convent was converted into a preschool .
  • Sacred Heart School (Winnetka)
PK-8 schools in northwest Cook County
PK-8 schools in western Cook county
PK-8 schools in southwestern Cook County
  • St. Albert the Great School (Burbank)
  • St. Alexander School (Palos Heights)
  • St. Alphonsus/St. Patrick School (Lemont)
  • St. Bernadette School (Evergreen Park)
  • Cardinal Joseph Bernardin School (Orland Hills) (school for the parishes of St. Stephen, Deacon & Martyr and St. Julie Billiart, Tinley Park, St. Elizabeth Seton Orland Hills and St. Francis of Assisi, Orland Park
    • Groundbreaking in 1999 occurred, making it the first newly built school building for the archdiocese after a 1966 project. It had a cost of $10,500,000, and 97,000 square feet (9,000 m2) of space.[17] It was scheduled to open in 2000.[18]
  • St. Catherine of Alexandria School (Oak Lawn)
  • St. Christopher School (Midlothian)
  • SS Cyril & Methodius School (Lemont)
  • St. Damian School (Oak Forest)
  • St. Gerald School (Oak Lawn)
  • St. Germaine School (Oak Lawn)
  • St. Linus School (Oak Lawn)
  • Most Holy Redeemer School (Evergreen Park)
  • St. Patricia School (Hickory Hills)
  • White Pines Academy (Lemont)
PK-8 schools in southern Cook County

PK-8 schools in Lake County
K-8 schools on the Near West and Northwest Sides
  • St. Ann School
  • Maternity B. V. M. School
  • St. Paul-Our Lady of Vilna School
K-8 schools on the North Side
  • Sacred Heart Schools
K-8 schools on the South Side
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe School
  • Sacred Heart School

K-8 schools in Cook County

This list excludes Chicago.

K-8 schools in northern Cook County
K-8 schools in northwest Cook County
K-8 schools in southwest Cook County
K-8 schools in south Cook County

K-8 schools in Lake County
  • St. Gilbert School (Grayslake)
  • St. Mary of Annunciation School (Mundelein)

K-7 schools

Chicago, south side

  • Immaculate Conception School

4–8 schools

(Lake County)

5–8 schools

(Chicago, Near West and Northwest)

  • Chicago Jesuit Academy (boys only)
  • San Miguel School – Gary Comer Campus (located in the Austin neighborhood ) (opened fall 2002)

6–8 schools

(Chicago, Southwest)

  • San Miguel School – Back of the Yards Campus (opened in 1995)

PK-3 schools

(Chicago, North Side)

  • Cardinal Bernardin Early Childhood Center
    • Bernardin ECC has two campuses: one at St. Teresa of Avila Parish at 1940 North Kenmore at Armitage, and one at St. Bonaventure Parish at 1651 West Diversey at Paulina. Bernardin ECC opened in 1998 in the former campuses of Saint Bonaventure School (closed in 1990) and St. Teresa of Avila School (closed in 1996)[7]

PK-2 schools

(Chicago, North Side)

  • Immaculate Conception School (1431 North Park Avenue, closed in 1985, reopened in 2002[7])

K-1 schools

(Cook County, excluding Chicago, far northwest)

PK-K schools

(Chicago, Near West/Northwest)

  • Old St. Mary's School

Former schools

The enrollment of Chicago Archdiocese Catholic schools was over 95,000 circa 2012. In 2020 this figure declined to circa 71,000, and that year the archdiocese closed five grade schools.[19] The number of schools open declined to 209 in 2020.[20]

Former high schools in Chicago

Closure date not stated:

  • St. Casimir High School (St. Casimir Academy changed name to Maria High School in 1952. St. Casimir Commercial High School changed name to Our Lady of Tepeyac High School in 1991.)
  • St. Catherine of Siena (See 1977 for Siena Catholic High School)

Closed in 1960:

  • St. Dominic High School[21]
  • St. Philomena Commercial High School[22]

Closed in 1961:

  • St. Josaphat Commercial High School[22]
  • St. Malachy High School[23]
  • St. Martin Commercial High School[22]

Closed in 1962:

  • Corpus Christi High School (succeeded by Hales Franciscan High School)
  • Loretto High School (Englewood)[24]
  • St. Clement Commercial High School[22]

Closed in 1966:

  • St. Alphonsus Commercial High School[22]

Closed in 1967:

  • Sacred Heart High School (May Street)[25]
  • St. Elizabeth High School[26]

Closed in 1968:

Closed in 1969:

  • Providence High School[31]
  • St. Columbkille High School[32]
  • St. Mel High School[33]
  • Saints Peter and Paul High School[34]
  • St. Pius V Commercial High School[35]

Closed in 1970:

  • Cardinal Stritch High School[36]
  • St. Patrick High School for Girls (West Side)[37]
  • St. Phillip Basilica High School[38]

Closed in 1972:

  • Loretto Academy (Woodlawn)[39]
  • Mercy High School[40]

Closed in 1973:

  • Little Flower High School[41]

Closed in 1974:

  • Angel Guardian High School[42]

Closed in 1976:

  • St. Mary High School[43]

Closed in 1977:

  • St. Paul High School[44]
  • St. Stanislaus Kostka High School[45]
  • Siena High School[46]

Closed in 1978:

  • St. Michael Central Catholic High School[47]

Closed in 1979:

  • St. Sebastian High School[48]

Closed in 1980:

  • Heart of Mary High School[49]
  • St. Augustine High School[50]
  • St. Thomas the Apostle High School[51]

Closed in 1981:

  • St. Ann High School[52]
  • St. Procopius High School[53]

Closed in 1982:

Closed in 1983:

  • Aquinas Dominican High School[56]

Closed in 1985:

  • St. Mary of Perpetual Help High School (coed)[7]

Closed in 1988:

  • Holy Family Academy (girls)[7]
  • Mendel Catholic Preparatory High School[57]
  • Unity High School (girls) (merged into St. Martin De Porres Academy, building closed)[7]
  • Visitation High School[58][7]
  • Willobrord Catholic High School (coed) (merged into St. Martin De Porres Academy, building closed)[7]

Closed in 1989:

Closed in 1990:

Closed in 1993:

  • Academy of the Sacred Heart (girls) (as of 2007 the building is used by Sacred Heart Schools)[7]

Closed in 1994:

  • Cathedral High School (coed)[7]

Closed in 1996:

  • St. Joseph High School (coed)[7]

Closed in 1997:

  • St. Martin De Porres Academy (coed)[60]

Closed in 1999:

Closed in 2001:

  • Madonna High School[7]
  • St. Barbara High School[7]

Closed in 2002:

Closed in 2003:

  • Good Counsel High School (girls)[7]

Closed in 2007:

Closed in 2013:

Closed in 2016:

Former high schools in Cook County

This list excludes Chicago. Closed in 1960:

Closed in 1968:

  • Aurora Roncalli High School for Boys and Madonna Catholic High School consolidated to form Aurora Central Catholic High School.

Closed in 1969:

Closed in 1970:

  • Marywood High School (Evanston)[65]

Closed in 1983:

Closed in 1987:

Closed in 1991:

  • Saint Vincent de Paul High School Seminary (boys) (Lemont, Illinois)[7]

Closed in 1994

Closed in 2004:

Closed in 2005:

Closed in 2016

  • Seton Academy, South Holland.

Closed in 2017

Closed in 2020

Closed in 2021

Former K-8 schools in Chicago

Closed in 1984:[7]

  • Assumption B.V.M. (2817 West 24th Street)
  • St. Kevin School
  • St. Bernard School (consolidated into Englewood Catholic Academy, now St. Benedict the African Academy; building closed; as of 2007 the site is used as a campus for St. Benedict the African)
  • St. Brendan School (consolidated into Englewood Catholic Academy, now St. Benedict the African Academy; building closed)
  • St. Carthage School (consolidated into Englewood Catholic Academy, now St. Benedict the African Academy; building closed)
  • Holy Rosary School (merged with St. Salomea into St. Mark the Evangelist School, building closed)
  • Immaculate Conception School (8739 S. Exchange Street) (merged with St. Mary Magdalen and S. S. Peter & Paul to form Jesus, Our Brother, building closed) (Jesus, Our Brother closed in 1994)
  • S. S. Peter & Paul (2938 East 91st Street) (Merged with St. Mary Magdalen and Immaculate Conception to form Jesus, Our Brother, building closed) (Jesus, Our Brother closed in 1994)

Closed in 1985:

  • St. George School (911 West 32nd Place) (Consolidated into Bridgeport Catholic Academy)[7]
  • S. S. Peter and Paul (12255 South Emerald Street) (merged with Assumption, BVM, 12238 South Parnell)[7]

Closed in 1986:[7]

  • All Saints School
  • Our Lady of Hungary School
  • St. Frances Xavier Cabrini School
  • St. Mel School

Closed in 1987:[7]

  • St. Agnes School
  • St. Augustine School
  • St. George School (9536 South Ewing Street)
  • Our Lady of Vilna (merged with St. Paul to form St. Paul/Our Lady of Vilna, building closed)

Closed in 1988:[7]

  • Notre Dame de Chicago School
  • St. Mary School
  • St. Francis of Assisi (merged with Our Lady of the Angels School, building closed) (Our Lady of the Angels closed in 1999)

Closed in 1990:[7]

  • Holy Trinity School
  • S. S. Peter and Paul School (3737 South Paulina Street)
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus School
  • Saint Bonaventure School (building has been used by the Cardinal Bernadin Early Childhood Center since 1998)
  • St. Charles Lwanga School (opened in 1971 from consolidation of St. Cecelia and St. Anne)
  • St. Fidelis School
  • St. Francis de Paula
  • St. John of God
  • St. Mark the Evangelist (opened in 1984 from consolidation of St. Salomea and Holy Rosary)
  • St. Peter Canisius School (closed 1990[7])
  • St. Sebastian School
  • Assumption BVM (12238 South Parnell) (merged with St. Catherine of Genoa; consolidated school closed in 1999)
  • Holy Cross (consolidated with S. S. Cyril/Methodius and Clara, renamed St. Gelasius, building closed)
  • St. Ludmilla (merged with St. Casimir, building closed)
  • Academy St. Benedict The African – May St. Campus (site closure)
  • Bridgeport Catholic Academy – Early Childhood East (site closure)
  • Bridgeport Catholic Academy – Early Childhood West (site closure)

Closed in 1991:[7]

  • St. Roman School
  • St. Veronica School (consolidated into Resurrection Catholic Academy, building closed)

Closed in 1992:[7]

  • Providence of God School
  • St. Francis de Sales School

Closed in 1993:[7]

  • Corpus Christi School
  • St. Hedwig School
  • St. Kilian School
  • St. Michael the Archangel School
  • St. Wenceslaus School
  • Our Lady of Lourdes School (consolidated with Blessed Sacrament, Central Park; building closed)

Closed in 1994:

  • Holy Name Cathedral Elementary School (building became a part of Francis Xavier Warde School)
  • Jesus, Our Brother School
  • Little Flower School
  • Our Lady of Pompeii School
  • St. Anselm School
  • St. Laurence School
  • St. Rita of Cascia School
  • St. Ignatius School (consolidated into Northside Catholic Academy, campus closed)
  • St. Jerome School (consolidated into Northside Catholic Academy, campus closed)
  • St. Timothy School (consolidated into Northside Catholic Academy, campus closed)

Closed in 1995:

  • St. John Bosco School

Closed in 1996:

  • St. Stephen School
  • St. Teresa of Avila School (building has been used by Cardinal Bernadin Early Childhood Center since 1998)

Closed in 1997:

  • St. Joachim School

Closed in 1998:

  • Our Lady Help of Christians School (closed 1998[7])
  • Our Lady of Sorrows School
  • St. Adrian School
  • St. Anthony School
  • St. Basil School
  • Our Lady of the Westside – Precious Blood Campus (site closure)

Closed in 1999:[7]

  • Assumption BVM/ St. Catherine of Genoa School
  • Our Lady of the Angels School
  • Our Lady of Peace School
  • Five Holy Martyrs School (consolidated into Pope John Paul II Catholic School)
  • Immaculate Conception School (consolidated into Pope John Paul II Catholic School in 1999, building closed)
  • Our Lady of Fatima School (consolidated into Pope John Paul II Catholic School) (the building site closed in 2003)
  • St. Pancratius School (consolidated into Pope John Paul II Catholic School in 1999, building closed)

Closed in 2000:

  • Bridgeport Catholic Academy – North Campus (site closure)[7]

Closed in 2001:[7]

  • St. Columba
  • St. Leo the Great
  • Bridgeport Catholic Academy – West Campus (site closure)
  • Children of Peace – Holy Family (site closure)
  • McKinley Park – St. Maurice Campus (site closure)
  • Northside Catholic Academy – St. Gregory Campus (site closure)

Closed in 2002:[7]

  • Blessed Sacrament / Our Lady of Lourdes School
    • It was in Lawndale. Its peak enrollment was circa 250, and in the year it closed it had 227 students. Parents led a campaign to oppose the closure, arguing that the archdiocese had asked for a fundraising, which the parents did, but moved to close it anyway.[3]
  • Holy Innocents School
  • Holy Name of Mary School
  • McKinley Park Catholic School
  • St. Ambrose School
  • St. Clare do Montefalco School
  • St. Denis School
  • St. Gelasius School
  • St. James School
  • St. Joseph School (1065 North Orleans Street)
  • St. Joseph School (4831 South Hermitage Street Chicago
  • St. Michael School
  • Transfiguration School (consolidated with St. Matthias, building closed)

Closed in 2003:[7]

  • Our Lady of Mercy School
  • St. Thaddeus School
  • Pope John Paul II – Our Lady of Fatima Site (site closure)

Closed in 2004:[7]

  • St. Mark School
  • St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr School

Closed in 2019:

  • St. Barbara School (Bridgeport) In 2018 the archdiocese announced that St. Barbara School would merge into St. Therese as their respective parishes were also merging.[13] In 2019 the St. Barbara School became the St. Therese Bridgeport campus.[11]

Closed in 2023:

  • St. Bartholomew School

Closure date unstated:

  • St. Bride
  • St. Rita of Casia

Former K-8 schools in Cook County

Date not stated:

  • Divine Savior School (Norridge)

Closed in 1984:[7]

Closed in 1986:[7]

  • St. Mary School (Evanston (consolidated with St. Nicholas in Evanston to form Pope John XXIII School; building closed)

Closed in 1987:[7]

  • St. Gerard Majella School (Markham)
  • Ascension/ St. Susanna School (Harvey) (merged with St. John Baptist to form Mary of Nazareth of Harvey, building closed)

Closed in 1988:[7]

Closed in 1989:[7]

  • Mother of Sorrows Boarding School (Blue Island) (operated as private)

Closed in 1990:[7]

Closed in 1992:[7]

  • St. Anthony School (Cicero)
  • St. Charles Borromeo School (Melrose Park)
  • St. James School (Maywood)
  • St. Isaac Jogues School (Niles (students went to Our Lady of Ransom and St. John Brebeuf School, so this is considered a merger, building closed)

Closed in 1996:[7]

Closed in 1997:[7]

Closed in 2000:[7]

Closed in 2001:[7]

  • St. Emeric School (Country Club Hills)
  • St. Hugh School (Lyons)
  • St. Isidore, The Farmer School (Blue Island)
    • The archdiocese determined the school was too expensive to maintain.[68]
  • St. Simeon School (Bellwood)

Closed in 2002:[7]

  • Mary of Nazareth School (Harvey)
  • Mary Queen of Heaven School (Cicero)
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel School (Melrose Park)
  • St. James School (Sauk Village)

Closed in 2003:[7]

Closed in 2004:[7]

  • Holy Ghost School (South Holland) (students accepted to Christ Our Savior)
  • Our Lady of Knock School (Calumet City) (students accepted to Christ Our Savior)
  • Our Lady of Ransom School (Niles)
    • OLR students were absorbed by St. John Brebeuf School, St. Paul of the Cross School, and Mary, Seat of Wisdom School[69]
  • Queen of Apostles School (Riverdale) (students accepted to Christ Our Savior)
  • St. Andrew of the Apostle (Calumet City) (building reopened for Christ Our Savior School – East Campus)
  • St. Jude the Apostle School (South Holland) (building reopened for Christ Our Savior School – West Campus)
  • St. Victor School (Calumet City) (students accepted to Christ Our Savior)

Closed in 2006:[70]

  • Our Lady of Loretto School (Hometown)
  • St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Elementary School (Posen)

Closed in 2009:

Closed in 2012: The school only had 64 students enrolled.

Closed in 2013:

  • St. Kieran School (Chicago Heights)
  • St. Bernardine School (Forest Park)[72]

Closed in 2015:

Closed in 2016:

Closed in 2017:[74]

  • St. Joseph School (Homewood) - It had 64 students at the time of closure.
  • St. Louis De Montfort School (Oak Lawn) - It had 133 students at the time of closure.

Closed in 2018:[75] None of the schools had 150 or more students.[76]

  • St. Cyprian School in northwest suburban River Grove
  • Holy Cross School in north suburban Deerfield
  • Our Lady of the Ridge Catholic School in southwest suburban Chicago Ridge
  • St. Michael the Archangel School in the city's South Chicago neighborhood - It had 80 students in 2018.[76]

Closed in 2019:[77]

  • Divine Infant Jesus School: The archdiocese cited a decline in enrollment and financing and desired to operate only one parish school once Divine Infant Jesus Church and Divine Providence Church (both churches are now known as Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish) united as one parish in July 2019 as a part of the Renew My Church initiative. A majority of the students transferred to Divine Providence School.

Closed in 2020:[78] - The archdiocese cited a decline in the student population and budgeting problems.[79]

  • St. Colette School in Rolling Meadows - The student population from circa 2017 to 2020 declined by 97. In 2020 its budget deficit was $500,000.[67]
  • St. Jane de Chantal School in Chicago’s Garfield Ridge neighborhood. - In the 2015-2016 school year, the school had 281 students. This figure declined to 272, 245, and then 202 in subsequent school years.[20] In total, from circa 2017 to 2020 the student population declined by 92.[67] In the 2018-2019 school year it had 202 students and 20 employees, with 14 of them in the faculty.[20] The archdiocese stated that the school could stay open if the community raised $357,000, but the community did not do so.[67]
  • St. Joseph School in Round Lake - The student population from circa 2016 to 2020 declined by 92. The archdiocese asked if there were interested benefactors, but the archdiocese was unsuccessful.[67]
  • St. Louise de Marillac School in LaGrange Park - The student population from circa 2019 to 2020 declined by 28. The archdiocese asked if there were interested benefactors, but the archdiocese was unsuccessful.[67]
  • St. Maria Goretti School in Schiller Park - From circa 2017 to 2020 the student population declined by 73. The archdiocese stated that the school could remain open if it had 150 students for 2019-2020, but the student population was below that.[67]

Closed in 2021:[80]

Former K-8 schools in Lake County

Closed in 1984:[7]

  • St. Bartholomew School (Waukegan (consolidated into Lakeshore Catholic Academy, building closed)

Closed in 1990:[7]

Closed in 2014:

Closed in 2016:

See also

References
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Further reading
  • Sanders, James W. The education of an urban minority: Catholics in Chicago, 1833-1965 (Oxford UP, 1977) online
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