Celebrating 50 years of Catholic Education

Saint Francis High School in Wheaton, Illinois, is a Catholic Co-Educational college preparatory high school operating in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet. The effort to build St. Francis High School began in 1955, when it was designed to be a regional high school to serve the neighboring parishes. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on November 11, 1956 and the first classes began in 1957.