NOTRE DAME CATHOLIC SCHOOL 2821 Lansing Blvd. | Wichita Falls, TX 76309-4999 | 940.692.6041 | www.notredamecatholic.org 2014-2015 ACADEMIC PROFILE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY Notre Dame Catholic School is composed of a Lower Campus for students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and an Upper Campus for sixth through twelfth grade. The traditions of the institution are drawn from the Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur who, in 1904, founded the original school which was known as the Academy of Mary Immaculate. Notre Dame Catholic School is the parish school of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church and Sacred Heart Catholic Church and serves students from ten other Catholic parishes in the three-county area. The student body is 78 percent Catholic. Tuition Assistance is distributed to 31 percent of the school families. The average class size is 16. ACCREDITATION/MEMBERSHIPS Notre Dame Catholic School is accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department and AdvancED. Notre Dame is recognized as accredited by Texas Education Agency under Tarrant County, Diocese of Fort Worth. Memberships include the National Catholic Education Association, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. 2014 ACT COMPOSITE SCORES ND Students 25.3 National 21 20.9 Texas 18 2014 SAT COMPOSITE SCORES Section ND Middle 50% ND Mean National Mean Texas Mean Cr. Reading 510-600 550 476 476 Math 550-590 570 513 495 Writing 520-600 560 487 461 23 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES AND MATRICULATION* FOR NOTRE DAME CATHOLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES University of Alabama* Emory University University of Montana American University, Washington, DC* The American Musical & Dramatic Academy Angelo State University* Austin College* Baylor University* Benedictine College Blinn College* Central Christian College of Kansas College of Charleston Champlain College* Clarion University Clarendon College Florida Institute of Technology Fordham University Newman University New York University* Furman University Hendrix College Hollins University University of Houston* Houston Baptist University University of Illinois University of the Incarnate Word* University of Kansas* Kansas Wesleyan University* University of Kentucky* North Central Texas College University of North Texas* Northwestern University* University of Notre Dame* The Ohio State University* University of Oklahoma* Oklahoma City University* Oklahoma State University* Oregon State University* Our Lady of Corpus Christi College University of Colorado, Boulder* University of Connecticut* Cottey College* Creighton University University of Dallas* Dallas Christian University Dominican University of California* Loyola University, New Orleans* Marion Military Institute Marquette University* University of Mary Hardin-Baylor* McMurry University* Miami University, Fla.* Midwestern State University* Our Lady of the Lake University* Princeton University* Quincy University Rocky Mountain College Rhodes University St. Edward’s University* St. Gregory’s University St. Mary’s University of San Antonio* St. Mary’s University - Indiana St. Mary-of-the-Woods College* Texas Tech University St. Mary’s College of California* Sam Houston State University* The University of Texas at Arlington* The University of Texas* The University of Texas at Dallas* The University of Texas, Pan American* The University of Texas at San Antonio* Trinity University* Tulane University* U.S. Air Force Academy* U.S. Military Academy University of Tulsa* Savannah College of Art & Design* Seminole State College* South Dakota School of Mines* South Plains College* Southern Methodist University* Southern Nazarene University* Southwestern University* Southwestern Oklahoma State University* Spring Hill College Stephen. F. Austin State University* Suffolk University, Madrid, Spain* Tarleton State University* Texas A&M University* Texas Christian University* Texas State University* Texas Wesleyan University* Texas Women’s University* Vanderbilt University Vernon College* Wayland Baptist University* West Texas A&M University* Western State Colorado University* Woodbury University Yale University* * Indicates Matriculation