College Ready. Career Prepared.

1832 Center Way South, Birmingham, AL 35205

Phone: 205.787.9937 | Fax: 205.787.8530 | www.hfcristorey.org
School Snapshot 2019

Student Body Mission Statement

41 freshmen
187 62 sophomores $21,632 Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School
36 juniors Avg. Family Income, integrates college preparatory academics and a
Students 48 seniors
Class of 2023 corporate work study program to empower
74% African American students from economically challenged
28 communities to graduate high school prepared to
Zip Codes 26% Hispanic/Latino
Represented persist in college and flourish in life.
42% male
58% female

27% Catholic
73% Non-Catholic Academics &
Student enrollment data
Student Life
current as of 12/10/19
Small classroom sizes and one-to-
one technology enhance student
learning

Cristo Rey Network Course offerings reflect scholars'

A national network of Catholic
schools serving 13,000 students
with limited economic resources.
37 schools
in 24 states Nationwide, 3,450 corporate
partners provide scholars with
real-world work experience
interests, including honors & AP
classes and electives like Sociology
and African American History
Over 20 student-driven clubs and
extracurricular activities such as
Board Game Club and Creative
Writing Club

Benefits for students include

11:1
Student-to-
specialized financial aid at more Teacher Ratio
Cristo Rey than 50 University Partners and
graduates are
three times more likely
access to the alumni network,
with job and internship
37%
Faculty & staff
to complete a bachelor's opportunities exclusively for hold Master's
degree by age 24 Cristo Rey graduates degree or higher
 CWSP Partners Corporate Work Study Program
Alabama Neurology Associates
Altec By working five days per month, students earn a
American Pipe & Supply
Arlington Properties portion of their tuition
Ascension Health Care (St. Vincent's)
Attorneys Information Exchange Group Scholars gain valuable work experience in fields
BBVA such as law, medicine, finance, and insurance
Bessemer Housing Authority
Birmingham Business Journal
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Corporate partners benefit from reliable work at
Birmingham Housing Authority a reasonable annual cost and at the same time
Birmingham Public Library
Birmingham Southern College invest in Birmingham's future workforce
Birmingham Zoo
Black Warrior Riverkeeper
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama CWSP By the Numbers, 2018-2019
Bradley
Brasfield & Gorrie
Burr & Forman 65 3 Non-profit jobs funded by donors
Cadence Bank
CenterState Bank
Childcare Resources
Corporate 98.5% Student Worker
Partners Attendance Rate
92%
Children's Hospital Students
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United 84% Partner Retention Rate placed in jobs
Colliers International
Cory Watson Attorneys
Dunn Construction
Encompass Health
Exceptional Foundation
Five Points Law Group
Greater Birmingham Humane Society
College Going Culture
Greater Birmingham Ministries
Hoar Construction
Holy Family Catholic Church
College readiness is built-in to our
curriculum, from test prep classes for
45 Offered over $2.4M in
scholarships and
Lightfoot Franklin & White Graduates in the
every 11th grader to daily protected financial incentives
Literacy Council of Central Alabama Class of 2019
Magic Moments time for study and tutoring
McWane Science Center
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Dedicated college counselor assists
100%
Protective Life College
Ram Tool
scholars with FAFSA completion and
Acceptance
Regions Bank scholarship applications
Samford University
Sirote & Permutt
Spire Class of 2020 So Far
Steris IMS
SouthPoint Bank
Synovus 82 36 Colleges in
United Ability
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Acceptance
Letters 13 States
U.S. District Bankruptcy Court
Viva Health Charity Davis named HFCR's
Vulcan Materials Company first-ever QuestBridge Match Scholar,
Vulcan Value Partners with full scholarship to Vanderbilt
YMCA of Greater Birmingham
College acceptance data current as of 12/10/19
 Board of Directors
Daniel Sansone, Chairman
Vulcan Materials Company, Retired
Steven Barry, Treasurer
Deloitte & Touche, Retired
John Bragg
CenterState Bank
Brooke Coleman
Community Volunteer
C. Burton Dunn, J.D.
Five Points Law Group
Melanie Hill
Community Volunteer
Deacon Neal Kay, M.D.
UAB Medicine
Michael Khoury
Detroit Cristo Rey High School
C. Seth Landefeld, M.D.
UAB Department of Medicine
Michael Luce
Harbert Management Corp., Retired
Operations and Administration
Fiscal Year 2019
Revenue Sources
Annual cost to educate one student
is more than $15,000, but the
average family contribution is $600
per year.
Through the Alabama Accountability
Act, HFCR partners with three
Scholarship Granting Organizations
(SGOs) to provide scholarships for
students:
Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund
C-Squared Opportunity Scholarships
Scholarships for Kids

Edmund Fay
Encompass Health
Gaile Pugh Gratton, J.D.
Sirote & Pemutt
Denise Gregory, Ph.D.
Samford University
Joseph Guillaume
Hoar Construction, Retired
Kidada Hawkins
Princeton Baptist Medical Center
C. Matthew Lusco
Regions Bank
Erline Patrick, Ph.D.
Creighton University, Retired
Fr. Philip Paxton, C.P.
Holy Cross Province
Jacquelyn Shaia, J.D., Ph.D.
Attorney at Law
Yolanda Sullivan
YWCA of Central Alabama, Retired
Philanthropy in FY19
Total of 902
gifts made
34% of donors made their
first ever gift in 2019
$1,877.15
Average Gift Amount
7th Annual Rey of Hope Gala raised
over $618K for school in May 2019
Awarded four grants from Cristo Rey
Network (Capital Funds Grant, Test
Prep Grant, Emergency Tuition Grant,
and Kenneth Hutchison College
Success Fund Grant) and admitted
to the Executive Leadership
Development Program at the
University of Notre Dame

Darren Hicks Fr. Jon Chalmers, ex officio

Vulcan Materials Company Holy Family Cristo Rey
Cristo Rey in Birmingham
On June 11, 2019, Holy Family Cristo Rey purchased our new campus
(the former Center Street School) in the Titusville community of
School Leadership Birmingham after raising $2.5 million in Phase I of our capital
campaign. The school is now engaged in a strategic planning process
Fr. Jon Chalmers, President and is creating a campus master plan as we prepare to move forward
with our vision of a state-of-the-art school for Birmingham.
Mrs. Bethany Knighten, Principal
Mr. Kirk Mitchell, Director of Corporate Work Study Program
Ms. Toni Kidd, Director of Student Recruitment
Ms. Constance O'Brien, Director of Mission Advancement
Mrs. Gigi Pickard, Director of Operations & Administration
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