Elizabeth Seton High School

Elizabeth Seton High School is a private, all-girls Catholic high school in Bladensburg, Maryland. It is located in the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington|Archdiocese of Washington].

History

Elizabeth Seton High School was established on March 15, 1957, and opened with an enrollment of 138 freshmen and a faculty of six Daughters of Charity in September 1959.
As early as 1965, the Maryland [State Department of Education] issued a Certificate of Approval to the school and in 1968 the Middle States [Association of Colleges and Schools|Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools] accredited it.
Elizabeth Seton was named one of 10 private schools of distinction by The Washington Post in 2005.

Description

Seton covers grades 9–12 and can hold about 650 students.
The school was named in honor of the American Catholic saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. The school colors are scarlet, gold, and white. The mascot is a roadrunner. The school motto is "Light to know. Grace to do."

Enrollment

Grades 9-12: 552
Student/teacher ratio: 13-1
Average class size: 16
Student/computer ratio: 7.5-1; 1:1 Beginning with the class of 2019
Class of 2015: 109
Notable alumni
Class of 1990: Muriel Bowser, current mayor of Washington, D.C.