Saint John's Preparatory School (Minnesota)

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Saint John's Preparatory School
Address
Box 4000 2280 Watertower Road Collegeville , (Stearns County) , Minnesota 56321 United States
Coordinates	45°34′49″N 94°23′17″W / 45.58028°N 94.38806°W / 45.58028; -94.38806
Information
Type	Private, college-prep, day and boarding school
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	Saint Benedict
Established	1857
Founder	Saint John's Abbey
Grades	6–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	275 [1] (2017-18)
Average class size	16
Student to teacher ratio	11:1
Campus size	2,700 acres
Color(s)	Cardinal red and Carolina blue
Fight song	Fight, Johnnies
Athletics conference	Prairie Conference
Nickname	Johnnies
Team name	Johnnies
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Publication	The Prep World
Newspaper	The Prep Post
Yearbook	The Pine Curtain
Website	www.sjprep.net

Saint John’s Preparatory School (SJP) is a Catholic co-educational, day and boarding college preparatory school located in Collegeville, Minnesota. Founded in 1857, it is located in the Diocese of Saint Cloud and is administered by the Benedictine monks of Saint John's Abbey. The school includes a middle school consisting of grades 6–8 and an upper school consisting of grades 9–12. The student body consists of students from the local area along with 5- and 7-day boarding students from across the United States and around the world. In the 2018–19 academic year, the student body included students from 24 different cities and towns in Minnesota, 4 states and 13 different countries.^[2]