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List of closed schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

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The following American schools were once operated by Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of New York and have closed.

The number of schools operated by the archdiocese in the early 1960s was 414; that figure went down to 274 in early 2011,[1] and then 245 in 2013.[2] The student count went from 212,781 in 1961 to 79,782 in 2011,[1] and then below 75,000 in 2013.[2] The archdiocese closed 13 schools in New York City and 14 outside of New York City in 2011.[3]

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Schools that have closed in the Archdiocese

Seminaries

Catholic colleges and universities

Colleges and universities in New York City

Colleges and universities outside of New York City

K–12 schools

The Bronx

High schools

New York City

The Bronx
Manhattan
Staten Island

Dutchess County

  • Cardinal Farley Military Academy (Rhinecliff) – Run by the Irish Christian Brothers; operated from 1942 to 1971.
  • St. Peter High School (Poughkeepsie) – Parish high school staffed by the Marist Brothers; operated from 1927 to 1936.

Orange County

Rockland County

Ulster County

Westchester County

Elementary schools

New York City

The Bronx
  • Blessed Sacrament Parish School (1160 Beach Avenue) – Operated from 1929 to 2013;[10] formerly staffed by the Sisters of Charity. Sonia Sotomayor was an alumna of this school.[3]
  • Holy Family School - Closed in 2023
  • Holy Spirit Parish School (1960 University Avenue) – Closed in 2013;[10] Michael Powell of The New York Times wrote that the school's tuition fees were "a pittance compared with a Dalton or a Brearley."[16]
  • Immaculate Conception School, East Gun Hill Road - Closed in 2023
  • Mount St. Ursula Elementary School – Run by the Ursuline Sisters; operated from 1855 to 1968.
  • Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Parish School (3893 Dyre Avenue, Edenwald) – Closed in 2020 due to COVID-19.[17]
  • Our Lady of Angels Parish School (2865 Claflin Avenue) – Operated from 1928 to 2013.[10]
  • Our Lady of the Assumption Parish School (1617 Parkview Avenue, Pelham Bay) – Closed in 2020 due to COVID-19.[17]
  • Our Lady of Mercy Parish School (2512 Marion Avenue) – Formerly staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa; closed in 2013.[10]
  • Our Lady of Solace Parish School (Morris Park Avenue at Holland Avenue) – Operated from 1927 to 2005.
  • Sacred Heart Private School (1651 Zerega Avenue, Westchester Square) – Operated from 1935 to 2008; administered by the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.[18]
  • St. Adalbert Parish School – Staffed by the Felician Franciscan Sisters.
  • St. Angela Merici School - Closed in 2023
  • St. Anthony Parish School (4520 Matilda Avenue) – Operated from 1953 to 2008; merged in 2008 with St. Frances of Rome School;[19] staffed by the Sisters of St. Dominic.[20]
  • St. Anthony Parish School (1776 Mansion Street) – Closed in 2013;[10] formerly staffed by the Sisters of Charity.
  • St. Ann School (3511 Bainbridge Avenue) – Closed in 2017; formerly staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill.
  • St. Anthony of Padua Parish School (826 East 166th Street) – Operated from 1905 to 1977; staffed by the Sisters of Christian Charity.
  • St. Augustine Parish School (1176 Franklin Avenue) – Operated from 1887 to 2011; formerly staffed by the Sisters of Charity and the De La Salle Christian Brothers.
  • St. Brendan School - Closed in 2023St.
  • St. Dominic Parish School (1684 White Plains Road) – Staffed by the Sisters of St. John the Baptist; closed in 2011.
  • St. Frances of Rome Parish School (4321 Barnes Avenue) – Operated from 1929 to 2008; merged in 2008 with St. Anthony School (4520 Matilda Avenue).[19]
  • St. Jerome Parish School (222 Alexander Avenue) – Formerly staffed by the De La Salle Christian Brothers; closed in 2013.[10]
  • St. Joseph School (Tremont) – Closed 2019.[21]
  • St. John Parish School (3141 Kingsbridge Avenue, Kingsbridge) – Staffed by the Religious of Jesus and Mary; formerly staffed by the De La Salle Christian Brothers;[citation needed] closed in 2020 due to COVID-19.[17]
  • St. John Vianney Parish School (2141 Seward Avenue) – Operated from 1963 to 2011.
  • St. Luke Parish School (608 East 139th Street, Mott Haven) – Closed in 2020 due to COVID-19.[17]
  • St. Margaret Mary School - Closed in 2023
  • St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish School (580 Minnieford Avenue) – Operated from 1950 to 2013.[10]
  • St. Martin of Tours Parish School (695 East 182nd Street, Crotona)[22] – Operated from 1925 to 2011; staffed by the Dominican Sisters.[citation needed]
    • After it opened in 1925, its student body was mostly Irish American and Italian American, and most parents were in the working class fields. African-American and Latino families began entering the area in the 1960s. In its heyday it had over 1,000 students.[1] Throughout the school's life, many of its students originated from immigrant families.[22] The suburban flight of the 1970s and the increasingly low socioeconomic profile of the neighborhood impacted the school. In 2011, it had nine lay teachers and 104 students.[1]
  • St. Nicholas of Tolentine School (University Heights) – Closed 2019.[21]
  • St. Rita School – Staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill.
  • St. Pius V Parish School (413 East 144th Street) – Closed in 2008.[19]
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Parish School (1909 Daly Avenue, Crotona) – Closed in 2020 due to COVID-19.[17]
  • St. Valentine Parish School – Staffed by the Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception.
  • Sts. Anthony and Frances of Rome Parish School (4520 Matilda Avenue) – Established in 2008 from merger of St. Anthony School and St. Frances of Rome School; closed in 2011.
  • Sts. Philips and James Parish School (1160 East 213th Street, Williamsbridge) – Closed in 2020 due to COVID-19.[17]
  • Santa Maria School - Closed in 2023
Manhattan
Staten Island
  • Immaculate Conception School (Stapleton) – Closed in 2013; the archdiocese stated that the number of students was too low and that the school could not receive enough income;[32] had 216 students in 2013.[33]
  • Our Lady Help of Christians School (Tottenville) – Closed 2019.[21]
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel/St. Benedicta Parish School (Port Richmond) – Closed in 2020 due to COVID-19.[17]
  • St. Christopher School - Closed in 2023
  • St. Joseph's School (Rosebank) – Closed in 2013; that year it had 167 students.[32]
  • St. Joseph and St. Thomas Parish School (50 Maguire Avenue, Prince's Bay) – Established in 1966; formerly staffed by the Marianites of Holy Cross (1966–1989);[citation needed]; closed in 2020 due to COVID-19.[17]
  • St. Margaret Mary Parish School (Midland Beach) – Closed in 2011; in its final year it had 74 students, giving it a 30% utilization rate.[34]
  • St. Mary Parish School ( Rosebank) – Closed in 2011; in its final year it had 224 students, 90% of the building's capacity. Amy Padnani of the Staten Island Advance stated that despite the high utilization of the building, it was one of Staten Island's oldest Catholic school facilities and therefore "some speculate the school was chosen because of infrastructure problems".[34]
  • Saint Paul Elementary School (New Brighton) – Closed in 2006; in 2011, Saint Peter Elementary moved into its building.[35]
  • St. Roch Parish School (465 Villa Avenue, Port Richmond) – Staffed by the Sisters of St. John the Baptist;[citation needed] closed in 2011; in its final year it had 96 students, meaning the building was 35% utilized.[34]
  • St. Sylvester School (Concord) – Closed in 2011; in its final year it had 120 students, which meant it was 31% utilized.[34]
  • St. Peter–St. Paul Parish School (Randall Manor) – St. Peter had 210 students in 2011; in 2011, St. Peter moved from the former building in New Brighton to the ex-St. Paul Elementary School in New Brighton; that school had closed in 2006;[34] the school changed its name after the move;[32] closed in 2020 due to COVID-19.[17]
  • Immaculate Conception – Closed in 2013.
  • Assumption School

Dutchess County

Orange County

Putnam County

Rockland County

  • Immaculate Conception Parish School (Stony Point) – Closed in 2008; staffed by the Sisters of Charity.[19]
  • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish School (Tappan) – Operated from 1965 to 1992; staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt.
  • St. Ann Parish School (Nyack) – Operated from 1892[citation needed] to 2003;[40] staffed by the Sisters of St. Dominic.
  • St. Augustine Parish Elementary School (New City) – Closed in 2013.[10]
  • St. Catharine Parish School (Blauvelt) – Operated from 1957 to 2008.[19]
  • St. Joseph Parish School (Spring Valley) – Operated from 1927[citation needed] to 2005.[40]
  • St. Michael Parish School (Rockland Lake) – Operated from 1907 to 1927; staffed by the Sisters of St. Agnes.
  • St. Peter Parish School (Haverstraw) – Operated from 1863 to 2013; formerly staffed by the Sisters of Charity (1884–?).[10]
    • In 2012, after the archdiocese announced that it could potentially be closed, the school community did a fundraising drive as the school was told it could remain open if a plan to raise $500,000 annually was produced. That year the school's per-student cost was $5,500 but it relied on archdiocese funds as it deliberately had tuition below cost, at $3,600,[40] so children of working class backgrounds could attend. It had an increasing enrollment at the time of closure, with 328 students in its final year.[2]

Sullivan County

  • Holy Cross Parish School (Callicoon) – Operated from 1925 to 1981; staffed by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegheny.
  • Our Lady of the Angels Parish School (Jeffersonville) – Operated from 1954 to 1968; staffed by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegheny.
  • St. Aloysius School (Livingston Manor) – Opened in 1904; closed after 1971; formerly staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt.
  • St. Joseph Mountain School (Forestburgh) – Operated as a boarding school by the Sisters of St. Dominic.
  • St. Mary Parish School (Obernburg) – Opened in 1882; run by the Sisters of St. Dominic.
  • St. Peter Parish School (Monticello) – Run by the Sisters of St. Dominic.
  • St. Peter's Regional School (Liberty) – Closed in 2019,[41] with 42 students; was the final remaining Catholic school in Sullivan County; school became an early learning center in 2016 after an earlier plan to close the school was canceled; the Catholic schools in closest proximity to St. Peters are Our Lady of Mount Carmel Elementary School in Wallkill and St. John Elementary School in Goshen.[42]

Ulster County

  • Immaculate Conception Parish School (Kingston) – Staffed by the Felician Sisters.
  • St. Augustine Parish School (Highland) – Operated from 1958 to 2011; formerly staffed by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart (1958–1973).
  • St. Catherine Laboure Parish School (Lake Katrine) – Operated from 1959 to 1972; staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill.
  • St. Joseph School (Kingston) – Had 267 students in 2007;[43] was originally scheduled to close in 2013; however, the archdiocese reversed course and allowed it to stay open;[44] closed in 2017;[45] by spring 2017, the school had 146 students; the would-be enrollment had dropped to 90 for the 2017–2018 school year; Kingston Catholic School acquired the St. Joseph building and turned it into its middle school facility;[43] older building was put up for sale in 2019.[46]
  • St. Joseph Parish School (New Paltz) – Operated from 1949 to 1970; staffed by the Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth (1949–1970).
  • St. Mary Parish School (Kingston) – Merged with St. Peter School in 1970 to form Kingston Catholic; staffed by the Sisters of Charity.
  • St. Mary of the Snow Parish School (Saugerties) – Operated from 1882 to 2013; formerly staffed by the Sisters of Charity.[10]
    • In 1995, the school had 153 students, while in 1999 it had 227 students; principal Christine Molinelli stated that she was able to successfully campaign to increase the enrollment in the 1990s; there were 89 students in 2013.[47] Father Chris Berean stated that he had been able to convince 14 families to send their children to St. Mary of the Snow in 2013, as the archdiocese stated it may stay open if enrollment reached 120; the archdiocese closed it anyway.[48]
  • St. Peter Parish School (Kingston) – Opened in 1858 and merged with St. Mary School in 1970 to form Kingston Catholic; staffed by the Sisters of Charity (1877–88) and the Sisters of Christian Charity (1888–??).
  • St. Peter Parish School (Rosendale) – Operated from 1890 to 2001;[24] staffed by the Sisters of Charity.

Westchester County

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