O'Dea High School

O'Dea High School is a Catholic boys' high school located on Seattle's First Hill, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle. The school is named after Edward John O'Dea who was bishop of Seattle when the school was built.

Founded in 1923, O'Dea is owned by the Archdiocese of Seattle and run by the Congregation of Christian Brothers. Of its 424 students in four grades in 2011, 80% were Catholics, 52% were Caucasian, 14% were African American, and 12% were Multi-Racial. It is associated with Seattle University, providing both the Composition: Language and Thought and Poverty in America classes for its students.

The faculty consists of eight Christian Brothers and five alumni. There are 37 instructors, all of which have a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. The student-teacher ratio is 12 to 1. O'Dea charged Catholics $9,306 in annual fees for the 2010-2011 academic year while levying non-Catholics a fee of $10,626.

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