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Creighton Preparatory School
is a private, Jesuit college prep school for young men founded in 1878.
Centrally located in Omaha, Nebraska on a 40 acre campus at 72nd and
Western Streets, Prep is the largest Catholic high school in the state
of Nebraska with an enrollment of 1021young men.
Our
History
Creighton School was founded in Omaha, Nebraska in 1878, later
separating into Creighton Prep and Creighton
University. The school was named after Edward G. Creighton, an Omaha
businessman whose wife, Mary Lucretia, left their fortune to the Roman
Catholic Bishop to build a school for boys. At that time, the school was
given to the Society of Jesus, known more commonly as Jesuits.
The initial enrollment was 120 students.
Jesuit
Education
Creighton Prep shares in the 450 year tradition of Jesuit education that
began in 1546 in Messina, Italy. A member of the Jesuit
Secondary Education Association, Creighton Prep is one of 45 Jesuit
high schools in the United States. There are also 28 Jesuit
colleges and universities in the United States.
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