About PCRHS
Providence Cristo Rey High School, located minutes from downtown, is a coeducational, college-preparatory secondary school created exclusively for students from families with limited financial means, which integrates rigorous classroom instruction with real-life corporate work study experiences for each student by partnering with some of the finest businesses and corporations in the Indianapolis area. These partnerships allow Providence Cristo Rey to make a faith-based, student-centered education available at a very affordable cost to students who could not otherwise afford a Catholic education.
All too often, center city children are most at risk for dropping out of high school. If they try to stay in school, they are often subject to a school atmosphere in which there are many other competing interests that lure them away from their studies. Wanting more for their children, parents frequently look to the Catholic schools, nationally known for their high expectations, quality teaching, and personal attention, only to find that the tuition payments are cost prohibitive.
Providence Cristo Rey High School, sponsored by the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN, is one of 22 schools nationwide that are members of the Cristo Rey Network. In 2008-2009, these schools serve more than 5,003 students. 95% of Cristo Rey students are racial minorities. 99% of the Network’s 2008 graduates were accepted in a two or four year college and, through their work-study jobs, students earned more than $27M toward their tuition.