Cristo Rey Columbus

Cristo Rey was first founded in Chicago in 1996 to provide quality Catholic education to underserved urban youth. The school served as a model for a national movement partially funded by the Gates Foundation, and today 26 schools operate in 23 urban cities across the U.S. Cristo Rey Columbus High School was the 26th Cristo Rey school and opened its doors in August, 2013. A few facts about Cristo R

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* The average income of a Cristo Rey family is $35,000.
* Students earn the majority of the cost of their education through the Professional Work Study Program.
* For the past seven years, 100% of Cristo Rey graduates have been accepted to a college.
* 86% of Cristo Rey students have graduated from or are currently in college. Cristo Rey has an amazing model that has worked in 24 other high schools to bring a high quality, Catholic, college preparatory education to economically challenged students of all religious backgrounds. Cristo Rey Columbus will create an academically rigorous program, and give our students the tools to succeed in high school and college. The Professional Work-study program will provide our students the opportunity to pay for most of their education. It will allow them to experience professional job settings they would never have had a chance to be part of. Through those jobs, our students will learn first-hand the value of the education they are receiving and the importance of obtaining a college degree. We will make “learning to work and working to learn” a reality in Columbus starting August, 2013.