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Pius X High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Bangor, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown, it operated from 1951 to 2015.

History

Pius X was established as Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in 1951 by the Salesian Sisters. It was renamed after Pope Pius X in 1953, shortly after his canonization.

Due to declining enrollment, Pius X High School was forced to close its doors on June 2, 2015. At the time, the school's enrollment had dropped to just 165 students in grades 7 through 12, with the final senior class consisting of 46 students...about 27% of the student body. Students in grades 7 through 11 were forced to transfer to other nearby public or private schools following Pius X's closure.

According to a statement released by the diocese, enrollment at Pius X had declined by nearly 43 percent with estimates for the coming year projecting a further decline to 150 students. At the time of the announcement, school leaders were also anticipating that they would end the school's final fiscal year with an operating debt of $1.2 million (over and above the $1 million subsidy which had been provided by the diocese for the 2009-10 school year).

Notes and references

1. MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
2. "Sheehan, Daniel Patrick and Dan Sheehan. "Slate Belt's Pius X, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic schools closing." Allentown, Pennsylvania: Morning Call, January 16, 2015.
3. HS. "School History". High School website. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
4. Rudy Miller (3 June 2015). "Pius X High School in Bangor graduates its final class". Lehigh Valley Live. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
5. Sheehan and Sheehan, "Slate Belt's Pius X, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic schools closing, Morning Call.

External links

• Pius X High School official website

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