St. Francis Xavier High School is a private

Private school

Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

, Roman Catholic high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in Sumter, South Carolina

Sumter, South Carolina

-Demographics:, there were 59,180 people, 34,717 households, and 4,049 families living in the city. The population density was 4,469.5 people per square mile . There were 416,032 housing units at an average density of 603.0 per square mile...

. It is run independent of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston

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Background

St. Francis Xavier High School opened in 1997 after just a few months of planning. It opened just months after the announced closing of Sumter Catholic High School in 1997.

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St.Francis Xaiver High School has 30 students. Many may think that the numbers matter, in reality it doesn't. The smaller the classes are the more the more attention the kids have. This High School is a college prep school which offers many classes. Every child plays a sport and when they start out they all play on Varsity. St.Francis Xavier also offers religion classes.

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