Xavier University Preparatory School


Xavier University Preparatory School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans.
It was in Uptown New Orleans, and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament owned and operated the school.
Andrew Vanacore of The Times Picayune wrote that "Xavier Prep has evolved over nearly a century into a symbol of achievement for girls from the city's black middle class."

Background

Xavier Prep was established in 1915 by Saint Katharine Drexel. The school was historically for black children only during educational segregation in the United States. It was coeducational until 1970, when it became an all girls' school. It opened to all races as a result of desegregation circa 1970.
It was closed in 2013. Alumni then purchased the school building and reopened it as St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School the same year.
According to Vanacore, the word "sisterhood" was used to describe the school community and its former students.