The transition from childhood to adolescence to young adulthood isn’t easy. At St. Joseph, we are committed to nurturing the values that you have instilled in your son or daughter since birth.
St. Joseph School is a Catholic college preparatory school, emphasizing Christian formation and quality academics. Our student body includes all races and creeds from every socioeconomic group in the Jefferson County area. Students come to St. Joseph seeking a strong educational program conducted in a nurturing, religious atmosphere.
We are dedicated to providing moral and spiritual training along with academics. All students are enrolled in a religious lecture course and attend a weekly religious service.
St. Joseph Catholic High School is located on West 73rd Avenue in south Pine Bluff. Open since Fall 2000, the campus comprises a main classroom building, an athletic building, and a second educational building housing two classrooms. The main educational building includes office facilities, six classrooms (including a fully-equipped science lab), a library, and a computer lab completely updated in 2011 with state of the art computers and peripherals. The athletic building serves St. Joseph’s basketball and volleyball teams and includes a gymnasium, a weight-training facility, and concession and locker-room areas.
History and Heritage
St. Joseph Catholic Junior High reopened its doors in August 1993, after a 19-year span during which no Catholic school existed in Pine Bluff. The original Catholic junior high was part of the Annunciation Academy, which was located next to St. Joseph Church and established by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky, in 1880.
When St. Joseph opened, it had two sections of seventh grade and one eighth grade class. A ninth grade class was added in the fall of 1994.
In the fall of 1999, St. Joseph Catholic High School was created, with the addition of a tenth grade class. The Senior High campus, located in south Pine Bluff near Rosswood Country Club, opened its doors in the Fall of 2000 with 33 students enrolled in grades 10 and 11, and expanded to include a twelfth-grade class in the 2001-2002 school year.
The high school campus was dedicated
High School Dedication
- High School Dedicationon March 12, 2001, in a ceremony officiated by the Most Rev. James Peter Sartain, Bishop of the Diocese of Little Rock. Eleven pioneering seniors became the high school’s first graduating class in May 2002.
In January 2003, the ninth grade class was relocated from the junior high campus to the senior high campus. In May 2003, the second graduating class, comprising thirteen seniors, received their diplomas from SJC.
In the spring of 2005, it was decided that St. Joseph’s students and families would be better served if all students in grades 7 through 12 were housed at a single campus. Beginning with the Fall 2005 semester, both junior high and senior high students attended classes together at the senior high campus on West 73rd Avenue. The junior high facilities continue to be used by religious education programs at St. Joseph Catholic Church.
St. Joseph Catholic High School is a Catholic college preparatory school, emphasizing Christian formation and quality academics. Our student body includes all races and creeds from every socioeconomic group in the Jefferson County area. Students come to St. Joseph seeking a strong educational program conducted in a nurturing, religious atmosphere. We are dedicated to providing moral and spiritual training along with academics. All students are enrolled in a religious lecture course and attend a weekly religious service.
St. Joseph Catholic High School is accredited by the Arkansas Nonpublic School Accrediting Association (ANSAA) and holds a membership in the National Catholic Education Association.