About Holy Cross of San Antonio

Holy Cross of San Antonio opened in 1957 as the only Catholic, college preparatory, school primarily serving students of the West and South Sides of the city. Today, Holy Cross serves students from all over the city and remains the only Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory school serving children in grades 6th through 12th.

Holy Cross is run by the Brothers of Holy Cross, members of the Congregation of Holy Cross. The Brothers of Holy Cross provide an educational mission tried and proven over more than 175 years. Currently, the Congregation of Holy Cross administers forty-three schools around the world, including nine universities (most notably The University of Notre Dame) and sixteen middle and secondary schools in the United States. In the tradition of our founder, Blessed Father Basil Moreau, the Brothers understand the importance of providing educational opportunities to students of all abilities in order to develop their spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical capacities.

Located at 426 North San Felipe (1 mile from St. Mary's University), Holy Cross of San Antonio is an independent Catholic middle and high school that has been serving the community since 1957. Holy Cross welcomes students of different abilities and backgrounds and prepares them to integrate Christianity into their learning and living, to address the challenges of society, and to acquire virtues for effective service to others.

Since Holy Cross of San Antonio's first graduating class in 1961, the schools alumni have gone on to serve as federal judges, lawyers, business executives, teachers, priests, law enforcement representatives, principals, CEO's of major companies, surgeons, dentists, CPA's, engineers, professors, business executives, even Grammy Award winning artists and many, many more. Holy Cross of San Antonio bases its reputation on the students it produces and not on the student it accepts. Holy Cross strives to eliminate economic conditions as a factor in a child's opportunity for educational prosperity. Holy Cross Alumni continue to lead the way in providing outreach programs to local youths, scholastic endowments to the under-privileged, health and welfare education courses for the local community, and a continued financial dedication to the only college preparatory school on the West Side of San Antonio, Texas. The effort to produce academic excellence as well as social, physical, and spiritual achievement will always remain a foremost concern. The Holy Cross of San Antonio community understands the need for an educational institution that prepares the kind of graduates that freely give back to their community.

Holy Cross of San Antonio fulfills and exceeds the requirements of The Texas Catholic Conference Education Department and also exceeds the Curriculum Guides of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). All teachers, library staff, counselors and paraprofessionals at Holy Cross must meet the Educational Personnel Requirements as determined by The Texas Catholic Educational Department.

Holy Cross of San Antonio has been a Blue Ribbon school since 1984 and is distinguished by being the first Blue Ribbon school in all of San Antonio. Holy Cross will continue to serve as a beacon of hope and educational prosperity. Upon graduation, 100% of our graduates will have earned the necessary credits and requirements to enroll in college. The goal is to have all students perform at their highest level of competence. This philosophy accounts for more than 95% of graduates enrolling in colleges throughout our country.