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Catholic Schools future examined
in Plain Dealer story


          On Monday, May 24, 2004, the Plain Dealer newspaper ran a front page story

featuring the headline “Catholic Schools’ New Model”  in which the paper examined the closing of several schools this year, while focusing on the independent start-ups such as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in Hudson.

          Although supplied with the information, the newspaper omitted statistics which reflect a decided growth in the demand for Catholic Education in a variety of areas from the inner city to growth communities outside of Cuyahoga County.  Several high schools also witnessed decided growth.

          Detailed information given to the reporter included current regional population trends.  The enrollment decrease in Catholic schools was directly proportionate to the decrease in public school enrollment which was directly proportionate to the loss of student-age population in the particular Northeast Ohio communities cited.  This was never included.

          Information supplied by the Education Department of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland indicates that 41 schools reported enrollment increases in 2003 compared to the prior year.
 

         School                               District                         2002                   2003

 

Academy of St. Bartholomew       Berea                      448                  467

St. Mary                                  Berea                      368                  375

Corpus Christi                           Cleveland                 132                  141

Holy Name                               Cleveland                  200                  235

Immaculate Conception              Cleveland                  161                 193

Our Lady of Mt.Carmel (W)          Cleveland                 253                  257

Our Lady of Peace                     Cleveland                 211                  241

St. Francis of Assisi                   Cleveland                  247                 260

St. Ignatius (Elementary)            Cleveland                 390                  394

St. Jerome                                Cleveland                225                  228

St. John Nepomucene                 Cleveland                 175                  200

St. Joseph Collinwood                 Cleveland                 191                  211

St. Mary Collinwood                    Cleveland                 205                  209

St. Mel                                     Cleveland                372                   377

St. Stanislaus                            Cleveland                298                   330

St. Francis of Assisi                    Mayfield                  380                   392

St. Albert the Great                    N. Royalton              854                  859

St. Christopher                          Rocky River              532                  533

St. Mary                                   Chardon                  337                  350

Peaceful Children                        Kirtland                    68                    70

St. Gabriel                                 Mentor                   710                  725

Holy Trinity                                Avon                     310                  340

St. Mary of the Imm.Concp.          Avon                     169                  171

St. Joseph                                 Avon Lake              369                  390

St. Anthony of Padua                   Lorain                   181                  197

Sacred Heart                              Wadsworth             284                  313

North Akron Catholic                    Akron                      96                  156

St. Vincent                                 Akron                    225                  237

St. Hilary                                    Copley                  702                  715

St. Joseph                                  Cuyahoga Falls        412                 446

Seton Catholic                             Hudson                  207                 217

St. Barnabas                               Nordonia Hills           710                 717

SS. Cosmas and Damian                Twinsburg               146                 161

St. Mary of the Imm.Conc.            Wooster                  168                 175

 

                                            High Schools

 

St. Peter Chanel                         Bedford                    352                 370

Benedictine                                Cleveland                 391                 444

St. Joseph Academy                    Cleveland                 565                  609

St. Edward                                 Lakewood                 880                 895

Regina                                       S. Euclid-Lynd.          266                 279

Archbishop Hoban                        Akron                      775                 822

St. Vincent/St. Mary                    Akron                      592                 639

 

 
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