The Last of Chicago's Catholic Schools

If what has happened to St. Scholastica Academy in Rogers Park illustrates the grand rise and decline of Catholic schooling over the past century, supporters hope Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Pilsen is more telling of its future.

St. Scholastica, a girls Catholic high school founded in the 1860s, has struggled for years with low enrollment and will close this week after holding graduation on Sunday.

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