Loretto Academy

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Formation1923
HeadquartersEl Paso, Texas, USA
Type• private
• Catholic
Private Roman Catholic school in El Paso, Texas

Loretto Academy is a private Roman Catholic school in El Paso, Texas. It was opened in 1923, and is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso.

History

The buildings were "designed to face Mexico" in a welcoming gesture for all people to join the community. They were built using stuccoed brick and red Spanish tile on the roof. Loretto Academy opened on September 11, 1923 with 186 students, of which 20 lived at the school as boarders.The boarding school closed in 1975. Students from Ciudad Juarez also attend the school.[1] As of the early 1990s the school had over 900 students.[2]


 

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