De Smet Jesuit | |
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Address | |
233 North New Ballas (St. Louis Co.) United States | |
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Type | Private, Roman Catholic |
Motto | Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam For the Greater Glory of God Men For and With Others |
Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
Established | 1967 |
Founder | Society of Jesus |
Authority | Archdiocese of St. Louis |
Oversight | Society of Jesus |
President | Rev. Ronny O'Dwyer, SJ |
Principal | Kevin Poelker |
Chaplain | James Burshek, SJ |
Staff | 27[1] |
Faculty | 81[2] |
Teaching staff | 57 (FTE) (2017–18)[3] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | Boys |
Enrollment | 746 (2017–18)[3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.1 (2017–18)[3] |
Color(s) | Maroon and white |
Athletics conference | Metro Catholic Conference |
Mascot | Sparty |
Team name | Spartans |
Rival | St. Louis University HS Christian Brothers College HS |
Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
Newspaper | The Mirror |
Yearbook | Spartan Olympiad |
Tuition | $20,895 (2024-25)[4] |
Affiliation | ISSL, ISACS, NAIS, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
Website | www |
De Smet Jesuit High School is a Catholic college preparatory high school for boys in Creve Coeur, Missouri,[5] in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.
The school began classes in the fall of 1967. It was named in honor of the Belgian Jesuit Great Plains missionary Pierre-Jean De Smet.