About CCSN...

Central Catholic St. Nicholas School and Academy is an Archdiocesan Consolidate School. The sponsoring parishes included St. Alphonsus, St. Nicholas, St. Bridget's and St. Theresa of Avila. Consolidation allows parishes to share in school while retaining individual parish identity.

Dramatic population shifts in the 1960's lowered enrollment in north side Catholic schools. To continue a Catholic education tradition, school consolidation of St. Bridget's, St. Theresa's and St. Alphonsus was necessary. Consolidation took place in 1970 under the guidance of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, parish leaders, and Monsignor John Schocklee. The same year St. Bridget of Erin School on 1106 N. Jefferson became Central Catholic Community School, grades 1-6. Providence Jr. High on 2331 Mullanphy became Central Community School, grades 7-8. The financial burden of maintaining two buildings on Jefferson (built in 1957) proved to be a rewarding test. That following year a kindergarten was added to Central Catholic Community School.

1987 marked the announcement of the Archdiocesan FOCUS plan. The North Deanery Schools became a part of the Federation of Catholic Urban Schools. As a result of the FOCUS plan, two important schools in the black community were consolidated, St. Nicholas and Central Community School, under the new name Central Catholic St. Nicholas School.

The Nativity Program was embedded within the middle grades the fall of 2006. This program utilizes best practices in education that inspire significant achievement levels within middle grade youth. The college preparatory curriculum enables students to meet the demands of rigorous high school requirements to further succeed in collegiate environments. This facilitated the renaming of the middle school. Thus, the middle school was officially named Central Catholic Academy.

Today Central Catholic Academy continues its tradition of providing quality Catholic education for families in our community. We are striving to grow and change as the needs of the times dictate, and we hope to consistently be of service to our parents in their role as primary educator of their children.

Who We Are

We are 240 elementary school students in pursuit of an education that will prepare us to take our proper place in the community.

We are 87 children at our preschool, from 6 weeks through 5 years old who are learning about ourselves.

All of us will complete high school and many will pursue higher education.

We rank in the top 10% when we enter high school. Our 8th graders have gone to St. Louis University High, DeSmet, Rosati-Kain, CBC, St. Elizabeth's Academy, Althoff, Bishop DuBourg, Cardinal Ritter Prep, and a number of local public high schools.

We have foreign language skills in Spanish

We participate in service projects to give back to the community.

Of our families, 75% fall at or below the federal poverty level which means the majority of our families are contributing as much as one-fourth of their income toward their children's tuition.