Why Choose Queen of Peace Catholic Academy

• Catholic schools operate as communities rather than bureaucracies.
• Catholic schools are committed to academic excellence.
• Catholic schools incorporate spirituality into every aspect of the curriculum.
• Catholic schools teach that service to others is a basic tenet of the Catholic faith.
• Catholic schools are diverse and inclusive.
• Catholic school teachers and leaders say they believe they are called to the ministry of Catholic education.

• Catholic school students are more likely to pray daily, attend church more often, retain a Catholic identity as an adult and donate more to the Church.
• Students who attend Catholic high schools are approximately twice as likely as students who attend public high schools to graduate from college.
• Nearly 62 percent of Catholic high school students earn a bachelor’s degree or higher by the time they are eight years out of high school. By contrast, only 31 percent of public school students go on to earn a bachelor’s degree or higher in the same time frame.
• The achievement gap between students of different racial and/or socioeconomic backgrounds is significantly smaller in Catholic schools than public schools.
• A child who is African American or Latino is 42 percent more likely to graduate from high school and 2.5 times more likely to graduate from college, if he or she attends Catholic school.
• The more “at risk” a child is, the greater the relative achievement gains he or she experiences in a Catholic school.
• Catholic school graduates enjoy higher earning potential than public school graduates.
• Catholic school graduates are more civically engaged, more likely to vote, more tolerant of diverse views and more committed to service as adults, and less likely to be incarcerated than their public school peers.