Company Profile
Arrupe Jesuit High School
Company Overview
Arrupe Jesuit High School is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory school sponsored by the Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province. Arrupe Jesuit serves economically disadvantaged students from Denver’s inner-city neighborhoods. By enhancing the human, intellectual, and spiritual capacities of our students through a rigorous, innovative, and affordable college preparatory education, we offer hope for a brighter future to some of Denver’s neediest youth. Our goal is to empower graduates who will continue their education and return as leaders in their communities.
Arrupe is modeled after the extremely successful Cristo Rey Jesuit High School located in Chicago. Arrupe is also part of the Cristo Rey Network® which is a national association of high schools that provides quality, catholic, college prep education to low-income families who otherwise could not afford such an opportunity.
Cristo Rey-model high schools currently enroll 9,800 students in 30 schools in 18 states and the District of Columbia. Each school has its own identity and curriculum but is characterized by the Corporate Work Study Program.
Company History
Arrupe Jesuit High School is the 47th college preparatory Jesuit High School in the United States and was designed primarily to serve the economically disadvantaged in the city of Denver.
In 2003, Arrupe was founded by the Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province (formerly the Jesuits of the Missouri Province) and is part of a larger Jesuit educational tradition in the Denver area along with Regis University and Regis High School, both founded in 1877.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
86% of the Class of 2017 are the first in their family to attend college and 50% were the first to graduate high school.
Members of the Class of 2017 were accepted to 32 colleges and universities across the country, and are now attending 18 different schools.
100% of Arrupe Jesuit’s eleven graduating classes were accepted into at least one college or university of their choice.
Our 699 alumni have earned over $44 million in scholarship dollars to date.
Our alumni maintain a 70% college persistence rate as of December 2016 (defined as either currently enrolled in college courses or have earned degree or certificate).