We are Academic Achievers who embrace a positive growth mindset and a fundamental love of learning, think critically while working to achieve academic excellence, work to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, understand the importance of being a lifelong learner while sharing our abilities with our peers and actively contributing to the classroom and community.

We are Responsible Citizens who strive to understand and appreciate our differences, while building healthy and respectful friendships and community, develop a positive self-awareness to realize our greatest potential, engage with our local and global communities to affect positive outcomes through prayer and peaceful action, demonstrate responsibility by communicating honestly and taking ownership for one’s own actions.

We are Christian Leaders who live our Catholic faith every day at home, in church, in the classroom, and on the playground, work to mirror Jesus’ words and lived example by showing respect, empathy, compassion, tolerance, and understanding for each other, as well as our environment.

Established in 1956.

St. John the Baptist School was built in 1955. In August 1956, six Sisters of Mercy came from Ireland and in September 1956, Saint John the Baptist School opened with 200 students in grades one through four. Over the next four years, the school added grades five through eight. The first eighth class graduated in 1961. In 1960 the primary wing was added. 

The year 1986 saw the start of the Endowment Fund. The fund was established to assist Saint John the Baptist School families with scholarships for needy students, to fund enrichment programs and eventually to offset tuition increases.

One of the school’s proudest accomplishments occurred in 1988 when the school received a National Award from the US Department of Education for Excellence in Education. The criteria for this award included a review by the Department of the school philosophy and goals, curriculum, student acheivement, character development and the school’s relationship with the community.