Type Private Grades 9–12 Phone +1 410-539-5794 Founded 1828 Colors Black, Orange | Established 1828 Team name Panthers Founder Mother Mary Lange Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
(Oblate Sisters of Providence) Principal Deacon Curtis Turner, Ph.D. Address 501 E Chase St, Balti, MD 21202, USA Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Profiles | ||
St. Frances Academy is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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Background
The school was founded as the Baltimore School for Colored Girls, which opened in 1828 and graduated its first class in 1832. It was renamed St. Frances of Rome Academy in the 1850s after St. Frances, and moved to its present location in 1870.
The high school became coeducational in the 1970s. The student population is still predominantly African-American.
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