The DRAGONMagazine - Bishop O'Dowd High School

Bishop O’Dowd
High School
95%
The O’Dowd Advantage
60 Years of Transformational Catholic Education
85% 64% 56% 44%
Catholic Schools
2011 – Pam Shay
appointed first female
principal of O’Dowd.
Tuition and fees - $14,840
Enrollment 1,125
percentage of high school graduates likely to
attend four-year colleges
Faculty and staff of 125, and
75+ part-time coaches and
moderators
other religious
schools
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Catholic secondary schools offer
unparalleled college preparatory education.
A recent study by the National Catholic
Educational Association found that
students who attend Catholic high schools
are more likely to attend four-year colleges
than students who attend other types of
schools.
non-sectarian
private schools public schools
Source: NCEA
Other recent studies have demonstrated that, compared with public schools, Catholic schools...
• are remarkably successful at erasing the achievement gap for low income and minority students.
• produce graduates whose lifetime earnings are greater than their public school counterparts, which translates
into greater state and local tax revenues.
• graduate active citizens who are more tolerant of diverse views, more likely to vote and be critically engaged,
and more involved in community service.
Including community colleges, virtually all O’Dowd graduates go on to college, and nearly 60 percent of
O’Dowd graduates are admitted to the University of California system, the highest percentage of any public
or Catholic school in the East Bay.
2012 – The
women’s basketball
team wins state
championship, and
is ranked 7th in the
nation.