<Tr> <Th> Tuition </Th> <Td> $9,550 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> http://www.sfponline.org/ </Td> </Tr> <P> St. Francis Preparatory School, commonly known as St. Francis Prep, is a private, independent Catholic college preparatory school in the Fresh Meadows neighborhood of the New York City Borough of Queens, in the State of New York . It is the largest non-diocesan Catholic high school in the United States . St. Francis is run by the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, who maintain a residence on the top floor of the school . The school has a student body of about 2,750 students and graduates between 600 and 700 students annually . </P> <P> St. Francis Preparatory originated as St. Francis Academy, a small all - boys high school on 300 Baltic Street in Brooklyn, New York, founded by the Franciscans Brothers of Brooklyn (O.S.F.). The college section became St. Francis College, a private predominantly undergraduate college in Brooklyn Heights . It took its current name in 1935, then moved to a larger facility in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 1952 . The school moved to its current location in Fresh Meadows, Queens in 1974 when it acquired the facility that formerly housed Bishop Reilly High School, a co-educational Catholic high school . The school began admitting female students that same year . A fitness center was added recently and the science labs are being updated . There are currently plans to add a three - story addition to the rear of the existing building . The upgrades to the art rooms will support students in the studio, digital and the performing arts . </P>

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