We meet the needs of those families who want to send their sons to an affordable, private, all-boys Catholic (values-based) college preparatory school in NYC. A La Salle student increases their chances of graduating from high school by 23% or more as compared to students in the NYC public schools.
+ Our student/teacher ratio is 12:1
+ Our average class size is 23
+ Sixty percent of faculty and staff have a Masters degree or higher
+ Our student population is: 60% Hispanic, 19% African-American, 13% Caucasian/European, and 8% Asian
+ We have a rich basketball tradition where we have claimed 3 CHBL Titles (1914-16) and 8 CHSAA Titles (1943,46,54,62,67,71,97, and 2004)
+ Won 3 CHSAA City Baseball Titles (1940, 1960, 2006)
FAMOUS ALUMNI:
- Michael J. Patrick's Cathedral
- Patrick Hayes (1886) - Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church (NYC)
- George Mundelein (1887) - Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church (Chicago)
- Barnard Hughes (1933) - Tony and Emmy Award Broadway and movie actor
- Peter Johnson (1939) - Iwo Jima survivor and co-founder of Leahey & Johnson
- Daniel Buckley (1943) - Legendary teacher and coach for La Salle
- Dick McGuire (1943) - ABA/NBA player and coach (Has a banner hanging from the rafters of MSG)
- Edward Bartels (1944) - ABA/NBA player
- William Hasset (1944) - ABA/NBA player
- Daniel P. Tully (1949) - Former Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch
- Charles (Don) Alias (1958) - Jazz Musician/Percussionist (Band Name: Stone Alliance)
- Thomas Owens (1967) - ABA/NBA player
- John Roche (1967) - ABA/NBA player
- John Candelaria (1972) - Major League Baseball player (Pitched a no hitter)
- Shammgod Wells (1995) - NBA player
- Ron Artest (1997) - NBA player and World Champion (AKA Metta World Peace)
- Bakary Soumare (2005) - Professional soccer player
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