List of girls' schools in the United States

Here are lists of schools which only admit girls, or which only admit girls in certain grade levels, or which separate students by gender, in the United States

Arizona

Arkansas

  • Mount St. Mary Academy (Little Rock)

California

Los Angeles area
San Francisco Bay Area
San Diego area
Sacramento area
  • St. Francis High School (Sacramento)
Monterey area
Former schools
  • Corvallis High School
  • Notre Dame High School San Francisco

Connecticut

Merged:

  • Rosemary Hall (Connecticut)

Former:

Delaware

  • Padua Academy (Wilmington)
  • Ursuline Academy (Coed elementary, girls' secondary) (Wilmington)
Former

District of Columbia (Washington, DC)

Florida

Miami area
Tampa/St. Petersburg
  • Academy of the Holy Names (Tampa) (girls only for high school)
Other

Georgia

Pinecrest Academy (Cumming) puts boys and girls in separate classes.

Former girls' schools
  • Girls High School (Atlanta) (Became coeducational)
  • Mount de Sales Academy (Became coeducational)

Hawaii

Illinois

Chicago area
Closed
Merged
Became coeducational
Closed

Iowa

Closed
  • Immaculate Conception Academy (Davenport)

Kentucky

Louisville
Northern Kentucky
  • Notre Dame Academy (Park Hills)
former girls' schools
  • Angela Merici High School (Louisville; merged with the all-boys Bishop David High School in 1984 to create the current Holy Cross High School)
  • Loretto High School (Louisville; merged into the formerly all-boys Flaget High School in 1973, which would close a year later)
  • Our Lady of Providence Academy (Academy of Notre Dame de Providence), merged with the all-boys Newport Catholic High School in 1983 to create the current Newport Central Catholic High School

Louisiana

  • Academy of Our Lady (Jefferson Parish)
  • Academy of the Sacred Heart (Grand Coteau)
  • Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans)
  • Archbishop Chapelle High School (Metairie)
  • Cabrini High School (New Orleans)
  • McGehee School (New Orleans)
  • Mount Carmel Academy (New Orleans)
  • St. Joseph's Academy (Baton Rouge)
  • St. Mary's Academy (New Orleans)
  • St. Mary's Dominican High School (New Orleans)
  • St. Scholastica Academy (Covington)
  • Ursuline Academy (New Orleans)
  • Christian Brothers School (New Orleans) girls' middle school - The school has a PK-4 coeducational elementary school in both locations, an all girls' 5-7 middle school in the Canal Street Campus, and an all boys' 5-7 middle school in the City Park Campus.[2]

Became coeducational:

Maine

former girls' schools

Maryland

Baltimore area
Washington, DC area

Former girls' schools:

Closed

Massachusetts

Former girls' schools

Became coeducational
Closed
  • Girls' High School (later became coeducational as Roxbury High School)

Michigan

Detroit area
Former

Minnesota

Mississippi

  • Our Lady Academy (Bay St. Louis)

Missouri

Former girls' schools

Became coeducational
Closed
  • Xavier High School. Building sold to St. Louis University
  • St. Alphonsus Rock High School
  • St. Elizabeth Academy (Missouri) (St. Louis)

Nebraska

  • Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart (Nebraska)
  • Marian High School (Nebraska)
  • Mercy High School (Omaha, Nebraska)

New Jersey

New York City area
Philadelphia area
  • Our Lady of Mercy Academy (Franklin Township)
Closed
Merged

New York

Public (all in New York City)

Private:

Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx
Staten Island
Hudson Valley
Long Island
Capital District
Western New York
Became coeducational
Closed

North Carolina

Ohio

Columbus
Cincinnati area
Cleveland area
Toledo area
  • Notre Dame Academy
  • St. Ursula Academy
Former girls' schools
  • Hoban Dominican High School (Cleveland area) (closed)
  • McAuley High School (Toledo area (closed)
  • Regina High School (Cleveland area) (closed)
  • St. Augustine Academy (Cleveland area) (closed)
  • Sacred Heart Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • St. Joseph Academy - became coed, renamed to Archbishop McNicholas High School
  • Ursuline Academy of the Holy Name of Jesus (Youngstown) (became coeducational)
  • Notre Dame Academy (Cleveland Area) (merged into coed school)
  • Villa Angela Academy (Cleveland area) (merged into coed school)
  • Xenia College (Greene County) (became coeducational; renamed three times; closed)

Oregon

  • St. Mary's Academy (Portland, Oregon)

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia area
Pittsburgh area

Closed:

Merged:

Rhode Island

Former girls' schools

Texas

Austin area
Dallas-Fort Worth
El Paso
  • Loretto Academy (PK-5 coed, 6-12 girls' only)
Houston
Lubbock area
  • Talkington School for Young Women Leaders (Lubbock)
San Antonio
Closed
  • St. Francis Academy (San Antonio)
Merged
Became coeducational

Virginia

In addition King Abdullah Academy, while coeducational, has separate girls' secondary classes.

Washington (state)

Wisconsin

Guam

Former girls' schools
  • Notre Dame High School (Guam) (became coeducational in 1995)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Home". Huakailani School for Girls. Retrieved 2020-01-08. 45-035 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kaneohe, Hi 96744 (YWCA Kokokahi)
  2. ^ "Christian Brothers and St. Anthony of Padua announce new partnership". Fox 8 New Orleans. 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  3. ^ "Our Lady of Guadalupe Middle School Detroit Middle School (5-8)". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. Archived from the original on 2006-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  4. ^ Melligan, Michelle. "Welcome to Mt. Mercy". mtmercy.org. Mount Mercy Academy. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Who We Are?". Overbrook Academy. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  6. ^ Home. Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middle School. Retrieved on June 26, 2019.
  7. ^ Fernandez, Demond. "Dallas ISD to open first all-girls S.T.E.A.M. school" (Archive). WFAA. September 28, 2015. Retrieved on September 30, 2015.
  8. ^ "Learn about the Lawson Academy". The Lawson Academy. Retrieved 2019-07-13. - Page discusses how it has separate boys' and girls' programs
  9. ^ Home. KIPP Voyage Academy for Girls. Retrieved on June 26, 2019.