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•    10,000 CM alumni live in all 50 states and in 31 countries throughout the world.

•   Balance is the key to CM’s student population. 43% of our students come from the city, 53% from the suburbs, and 4% are international.

•   The student to teacher ratio of 12:1 enahnces CM’s “small-school” feel. At CM, all students are known by name.

•   Students at CM come to us from over 90 different communities and international students come from Korea, Germany and China. Students of color comprise 20% of CM's student body. Click on the thumbnail below for a detailed view of the communities our students call home.

•   Catholic Memorial Television (CMTV) is CM’s own in-house broadcast journalism network goes on air every morning for a live, student-directed broadcast during homeroom.

•   CM’s extensive offerings in World Language include Latin, Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, Italian and Irish Language and Literature.

•    CM offers a wide variety of challenging college-preparatory courses and electives, as well as 17 Advanced Placement courses. In 2011, students scored a perfect "5" on 17 AP tests and 12 students earned the title of "AP Scholar."

•    Since 2008, eleven students have earned state or national championships in speech and debate. Ninety-five percent of CM's 35 clubs and activities are coached by faculty.

•   Through the Blessed Edmund Rice Solidarity Initiative or “BERSI,” CM students travel to Asia, Europe, El Salvador, Peru and Puerto Rico.

•   CM offers more than $1 million each year to its students in financial aid and scholarships.

•   100% of CM’s graduates are accepted to four-year colleges and recent graduating classes have earned over $5 million in scholarships and awards.

•   Recent CM graduates have recently been accepted to such schools as Harvard University, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy. Brown University, Boston College, New York University, Boston College, the College of the Holy Cross, the University of Notre Dame, William and Mary and Williams College.

•   Catholic Memorial athletic teams have produced over 32 state and sectional champions in individual competitions, and 23 state and sectional championships in team sports in the last decade.

•   In 2011, seven CM students have achieved perfect scores of 800 on SAT exams.

•   Students in CM’s Campus Ministry program contribute hundreds of hours of community service to programs in their neighborhoods each year, and support causes like the Making Strides Walk for breast cancer research, raising over $100,000 since 2005.