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Pius X High School (Pennsylvania)
Pius X High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Bangor, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown, it operated from 1951 to 2015.[2] HistoryPius X was established as Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in 1951 by the Salesian Sisters. It was renamed after Pope Pius X in 1953, shortly after his canonization.[3] Due to declining enrollment, Pius X High School was forced to close its doors on June 2, 2015. At the time, the school's enrollment had dropped to just 165 students in grades 7 through 12, with the final senior class consisting of 46 students...about 27% of the student body. Students in grades 7 through 11 were forced to transfer to other nearby public or private schools following Pius X's closure.[4] According to a statement released by the diocese, enrollment at Pius X had declined by nearly 43 percent with estimates for the coming year projecting a further decline to 150 students. At the time of the announcement, school leaders were also anticipating that they would end the school's final fiscal year with an operating debt of $1.2 million (over and above the $1 million subsidy which had been provided by the diocese for the 2009-10 school year).[5] Notes and references
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