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Pius X High School | |
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Address | |
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580 Third Avenue , , 18013-1376 United States | |
Coordinates | 40°52′28″N 75°12′49″W / 40.87444°N 75.21361°W |
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Type | Private, Coeducational |
Motto | Loyalty, Purity, Piety |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Established | 1951 |
Status | Closed |
Closed | 2015 |
Oversight | Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown |
President | Fr. Patrick Lamb |
Principal | Jim Angeline |
Grades | 9- 12 |
Color(s) | Royal Blue and White |
Team name | Royals |
Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools [1] |
Athletic Director | Connie Stambaugh |
Website | http://www.piusxhs.org |
Pius X High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Bangor, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown, it operated from 1951 to 2015. [2]
Pius X was established as Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in 1951 by the Salesian Sisters. It was renamed after Pope Pius X in 1953, shortly after his canonization. [3]
Due to declining enrollment, Pius X High School was forced to close its doors on June 2, 2015. At the time, the school's enrollment had dropped to just 165 students in grades 7 through 12, with the final senior class consisting of 46 students...about 27% of the student body. Students in grades 7 through 11 were forced to transfer to other nearby public or private schools following Pius X's closure. [4]
According to a statement released by the diocese, enrollment at Pius X had declined by nearly 43 percent with estimates for the coming year projecting a further decline to 150 students. At the time of the announcement, school leaders were also anticipating that they would end the school's final fiscal year with an operating debt of $1.2 million (over and above the $1 million subsidy which had been provided by the diocese for the 2009-10 school year). [5]